Suggestions:
- Asus M2N-E
(http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=308&model=1181...)
- MSI K9N Platinum
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=...)
Simon,
The MSI K9N Platinum motherboard has an IEEE1394 (FireWire) chipset, while the Asus M2N-E does not. You mentioned earlier that youre designing a PVR/MediaCenter PC -- lots of consumer devices such as cable boxes and digital cameras use FireWire to transfer images and video. MythTV can use FireWire[1] and according to Wikipedia almost all modern digital camcorders have included this connection since 1995. [2]
I think the MSI K9N Platinum motherboard would therefore be better suited for a Multimedia PC.
Vlad
[1] http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire
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