Recommend me a Mini-ITX board under $80!

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Recommend me a Mini-ITX board under $80!

Post by limpport » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:33 am

So as you may have figured, I'm planning on building an NES PC to run emulators and such. Since I'm not a computer builder, I wanted to know if you kind folks could recommend me a Mini-ITX mobo under $80. It needs to have a CPU included.

So far I've found two that seem promising, but I'm not sure:
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Or if there is one over $80, but it would be worth it, that would be fine too. Thanks!

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Post by NateN34 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:04 pm

overlordlink wrote:alright well i was kinda deabating whether or not to finish my SnesP, Or to slightly romance something that existed to met my needs but it appears as if im gonna stick with the SnesP. At least for now lol

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Post by x2Jiggy » Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:26 am

I'd also recommend the dual-core atom. Enough grunt for old school game emulation with low power consumption. I've known many to use them for low powered servers or media center front end use so this should do fine.
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Re: Recommend me a Mini-ITX board under $80!

Post by Biased » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:39 pm

Before I built my computer, while I was looking for the parts I was thinking about getting a mini-ITX board that had socket 775 and integraded GEForce 9300 graphics. I don't remember what it was called, but I'd still be interested in using it for a nettop-sized computer if I ever have money again.

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