[ThEgOg]

hi

i've been given by a familly member a gigabyte GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard, amd phenom 9950 and a 2gb stick of ram.

the mobo's has all the relevant htpc rear connections but will the ati 3200 gfx be up to it??

i have a zotac ion in my living room atm which is great, but it struggles with the aeon skins (even with a corsair ssd) which are my fave.

so since i've come into these items for basically free, i was thinking of building a htpc box using a silverstone case or similar.

any thoughts guys?

[poofyhairguy]

That GPU isn't up to the job (its worse than what ION has), but put a GT210 in that system and you are set.

[ThEgOg]

great many thanks for the advice, i'll take a look at the gt210 then

[wankel]

I have that Mobo with an AMD 4850e on Win7 and it has no problems doing 1080p. Not sure how it performs with the Aeon skin.

[poofyhairguy]

I have that Mobo with an AMD 4850e on Win7 and it has no problems doing 1080p.

Your CPU must be doing some of the work. I would love to know what your CPU load during playback is.