780G motherboard available now

[bruceyg]

780G is definately a good choice for HTPC, UVD supports H264, VC1 hardware decoding, HDMI audio and intel Avivo..gigabyte 780G mATX motherboard at clubit. I will jump when newegg has them, the price is still a little high now.

 

[amheck]

Looks like a pretty full featured board. Is that an eSATA port below the firewire port?

I've been reading up on the Intel e2xxx and e4xxx CPU's for an upcoming HTPC build. What's the AMD CPU to get (~$100) that would work well with this board? Been outta the AMD loop for a little while.

 

[bruceyg]

yes, I think it's an eSATA port.
An Athlon 5000+ is less than $100, I suggest 4000+ which only costs $60, since the 780G board supports hardware decoding, a cheapest dual core cpu is good enough. You should be able to overclock it to 2.6Ghz-2.8Ghz easily.

For intel platform, E2160/MCP7A will be good, but MCP7A is not available now, it doesn't support VC1 decoding. G45 is coming soon, but it will be more expensive, plus the performance is not as good as MCP7A.

780G is about 15% faster than MCP78 from 3dmark06.

 

[heyheybooboo]

The link to the Gigabyte website brings up a page that sez:

The product information you searched does not exist.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: amheck
Looks like a pretty full featured board. Is that an eSATA port below the firewire port?

I've been reading up on the Intel e2xxx and e4xxx CPU's for an upcoming HTPC build. What's the AMD CPU to get (~$100) that would work well with this board? Been outta the AMD loop for a little while.

Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8GHz AM2 65W for $95 - probably hit 3,2-3.3GHz on stock volts ...

 

[MeSh1]

Man this board looks pretty sweet. I currently building a new gaming rig, but im also really interested in an htpc. the case i wanna rock is http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811166047. I really hate lights and shit like that, but this thing is pretty solid and you can fit a tall coolers.
Im liking this mobo though.

 

[lopri]

Thanks for the heads up. It's interesting that the 780G can get away with such a small heat sink (a passive one no less) for the NB/GPU. Looking forward to user reviews.

 

[renethx]

There is a very active thread on the GIGABYTE 780G motherboard in AVS Forum (naturally):

The Official Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H RS780 mATX Thread

The official release date will be March 4, 2008. The board is already available at ClubIT (imported from China?) and several people are using it. Unfortunately NB runs very hot!

 

[Aenslead]

Regarding the CPU of choice, I found this:

This Link, which compares all CPU's including e8200's. Although its mainly encoding tests, you can see that AMD still holds some ground, specially in the price-performance department!

So... it should do a sweet rig with the 780g.

Cheers.

 

[renethx]

Athlon 4850e 2.5GHz 45W $89 (Brisbane G2) will be released on March 4th too (source). It's a great choice for HTPC.

 

[heyheybooboo]

The Gigabyte 780g link is up. I'm trying to download the manual - as is half the US from the download speed

I think that's the onboard hdmi port - not an eSATA.

edit: oops! ""1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel ""

firewire and hdmi ports ...

edit again:

Playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs:
In order to get better playback quality, when playing the HD DVD or Blu-ray discs, refer to the
recommended system requirements (or better) below.
? CPU: AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor (4200+ or above)
? Memory: Two 1 GB DDR2 800 memory modules with dual channel mode enabled
? BIOS Setup: At least 256 MB of UMA Frame Buffer Size (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup,"
"Advanced BIOS Features," for more information)
? Playback software: CyberLink PowerDVD 7.3 (Note: Please ensure Hardware Acceleration is
enabled )

 

[bruceyg]

link
AMD is working on the new EUV tech, 16nm is not impossible.

 

[RaptureMe]

Well thats nice and alot of good that does me now since i sold my 5000+ BE...
Maybe for my future HTPC I will get one of the newer amd quads k10.5 not the 3 crap phenoms that are out as of right now.
It would be cool if they would release an FX-Quad with say atleast 8MB cach..
Anyways thats looks like a sweet board and for less then a bill I may have to get it!!