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post #11 of 15
8/15/12 at 8:58am
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About to pull the trigger on this, but just wondering on what would be the better MOBO? I don't have experience with either Giabyte or BioStar.

GIGABYTE GA-H61N

BIOSTAR TH61 ITX
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post #12 of 15
8/15/12 at 9:18pm
  • Ironman517
  • I don't understand the point of brand favoritism.
In your situation you should definitely go for a Llano/Trinity build. You will have plenty of CPU horsepower and better Graphics power, intel's HD2000/3000 is just terrible.
Edited by Ironman517 - 8/15/12 at 9:31pm
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post #13 of 15
8/15/12 at 9:20pm
Yeah, i'm glad we caught you just now. why on earth would you pick intel over AMD's APU's ? the APU's are perfect for a HTPC.

HTPC's need much more graphical grunt than they do Raw number crunching grunt.
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post #14 of 15
8/15/12 at 9:55pm
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So basically go with what I had originally picked out?
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post #15 of 15
8/16/12 at 2:28am
Yes, That APU will make a very good HTPC setup
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