2013-04-27, 23:48
Hey, I'm looking to build a custom HTPC for myself, but I haven't decided a few things...
I was planning on using it on the living room, but as I live with my parents and sister (they will complain at every single hiccup it makes, specially my sister)
For now, all I have decided is to use the BitFenix Prodigy, midnight black of course, it has an awesome price on ncix.ca, but the problem is that it's designed for a mini-ITX mobo, so I can't use the ASRock A75M FM1 CIR USB3.0 SATAIII UEFI μATX that eskro recommended, but I wish to continue with the AMD A8-3850 4x2.9GHz HD6550D FM1 100W (it'll be able to play full SBS 3D movies right?).. So I'm looking for some recommendations about what mobo I should use (Please, keep in mind that I live in Brasil, so I probably won't be able to buy some obscure models you may suggest)..
Some Useful Information:
It doesn't need to have wifi capabilities, it's near my router;
I want to download the whole internet if I can, so SATA slots are important;
And I may or may not buy/build some surround system in the near future, so mobos with spdif are prefered
Links:
CASE: http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/produc...s/prodigy/
NCIX: http://www.ncix.ca/
ASRock: http://ow.ly/1Bf6ef
A8: http://goo.gl/D79TE
Thank you!!
tl;dr need some recommendations about mini-ITX
I was planning on using it on the living room, but as I live with my parents and sister (they will complain at every single hiccup it makes, specially my sister)
For now, all I have decided is to use the BitFenix Prodigy, midnight black of course, it has an awesome price on ncix.ca, but the problem is that it's designed for a mini-ITX mobo, so I can't use the ASRock A75M FM1 CIR USB3.0 SATAIII UEFI μATX that eskro recommended, but I wish to continue with the AMD A8-3850 4x2.9GHz HD6550D FM1 100W (it'll be able to play full SBS 3D movies right?).. So I'm looking for some recommendations about what mobo I should use (Please, keep in mind that I live in Brasil, so I probably won't be able to buy some obscure models you may suggest)..
Some Useful Information:
It doesn't need to have wifi capabilities, it's near my router;
I want to download the whole internet if I can, so SATA slots are important;
And I may or may not buy/build some surround system in the near future, so mobos with spdif are prefered
Links:
CASE: http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/produc...s/prodigy/
NCIX: http://www.ncix.ca/
ASRock: http://ow.ly/1Bf6ef
A8: http://goo.gl/D79TE
Thank you!!
tl;dr need some recommendations about mini-ITX