Need a Cheap 775 Board

orion25 · Nov 15, 2008

I need a cheap Socket 778 board for my E6400. None to minimal overclocking in this board. It will be a media server using the E6400 and 2gb of Mushkin RAM. Built in video would be a plus and HDMI would be a real plus.

Any suggestions?

bz2klag · Nov 15, 2008

Your requirements are somewhat vague. Do you have a price in mind? I'd recommend a G43 or G45 solution, for the reasons of great CPU support, 8GB or more of RAM and a nice selection of available RAM and FSB speeds.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131332

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128354

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131345

It depends on what you mean by a cheap board. If you want something for less than $60, it's doable, but that board won't have much option for future expansion, and may not have an Intel chipset.

orion25 · Nov 15, 2008

$100 or less.

netjunkie · Nov 15, 2008

check out the Asus line http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...escription=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

but beware find out IF you can get audio over the hdmi , I know DVI is the same as hdmi but without sound , so make sure you can get audio from hdmi

Alastayr · Nov 15, 2008

The P35-DS3L is a really nice board.

If you want real, working video with HDMI on an Intel IGP, then you need a G45 like this one.

However, I've heard of some problems with 24p and some other things on G45 (too lazy to google myself), so a cheap Radeon 4350 with HDMI or DVI + HDMI Adaptor might prove to be better.

Evilsizer · Nov 16, 2008

ok, so you says its a media server, you mean to just host files but no media playback?
why not this one then?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157144
or this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135099

if no ocing in bios just pad mod the cpu, done deal!

orion25 · Nov 18, 2008

Evilsizer said:
ok, so you says its a media server, you mean to just host files but no media playback?
why not this one then?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157144
or this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135099

if no ocing in bios just pad mod the cpu, done deal!

Server only right now but in a month or so it will be taking care of playback on my 42" Plasma also.........

Evilsizer · Nov 18, 2008

then if you want basic stuff now those 2 will do... then when your ready for a standalone with more power add one in.

orion25 · Nov 18, 2008

Evilsizer said:
then if you want basic stuff now those 2 will do... then when your ready for a standalone with more power add one in.

Thanks! I'm going to try my local computer shop tomorrow or Wed. Hopefully they still carry ASRock.

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