Will this make a good HTPC

What if anything attracted you to that board for a HTPC ? I could suggest 1,000 other boards with more expansion and on board features however, the 1080p will be a result of your video/cpu + monitor so I ask what kind of monitor/tv do you have and what type of CPU/GPU do you plan on getting. Oh and that board only supports the Atom chip :| which is like a gameboy ;p

Any amd 785 mb with the onboard 4200 should be very capable of hd content. Pair it up with an athlon II and you'll be set. Something like this will work.

there's a sale on the mobo tonight...

Relook at my last post, I posted the correct links and followed up with a question.

If you don't actually need it to be small, you're better off going with mATX. And since you've got a 65" TV I'm assuming you have a pretty nice surround system to go along with it, so you'll definitely want to add a Xonar card to the build. Onboard sound is lacking in many areas, and doesn't even match up to the quality of standard bluray players.

Well there are a bunch of them....D1/D1X, D2/D2X, HDAV 1.3 Slim/Deluxe, and Essence STX. Each one has its perks - the D1 and D2 are basic sound cards (the D2 better of course), the HDAV's have HDMI passthrough and the deluxe has RCA preouts for analog connections too, and the Essence STX has a built-in headphone amp. All this obviously translates to different components on each of the cards, but at the end of the day they all sound great.

Most people go with the HDAV for an HTPC because of the HDMI output and because it does sound better than the D1. But if you don't want to pay that much the D1 is still like night and day compared to onboard, and is still even better than Creative cards. And this is coming from a guy who paid $170 for his X-Fi Platinum before hearing a Xonar.