Tema: Armando mi HTPC

Hola, estoy por armar una HTPC. Estuve buscando placas miniATX y ésta me pareció buena:

MSI AM2 K9N2GM-FIH:

CPU

• Support socket AM2 for AMD® Athlon 64 / Athlon 64X2 CPU
• Support socket AM2+ for AMD® Phenom CPU
• For latest information on CPU support list, please check http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=cpuform for more detail

FSB

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2600MHz
- AM2 CPU supports HyperTransport 1.0/2.0
- AM2+ CPU supports HyperTransport 3.0

Chipset
NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 (MCP78S) Series single chipset

Main Memory

• Supports Dual DDR2 667/800
• 4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
• Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB

Slots

• 1 PCI Express X16 slot (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
• 1 PCI Express X1 slot
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface

On-Board IDE

• One IDE port by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
- Can connect up to two IDE devices

On-Board SATA

• 6 SATA II (1~6) ports by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200Series
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s

RAID Function

• SATA II 1~6 support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 /5 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 Series

Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

LAN

• Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8211BL
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip
- Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a

IEEE1394

• Chipset integrated by JMicron® JMB381
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

On-Board Peripherals

- 1 x Serial port connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATA II connectors
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out header
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x TPM module header
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x IEEE1394 Port
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x Graphics Card port

Dimension
9.6 in (L) x 9.6 in(W); Micro-ATX Form Factor

Viene con video onboard Nvidia 8200. Me parecio interesante probarla y si el video no es del todo bueno para 1080p, como es SLI, puedo escalarla sumando una placa de video NVidia 8800.

El micro podría ser un ATHLON 64 5000 AM2 D.CORE

Que les parece ?


Gracias!