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HTPC
(Home Theater PC). The mere mention of the culmination of the convergence
of computers and home entertainment can make some people twitch
with giddy joy, or hideous fear. The thought of putting a big ugly
beige box in the entertainment center would make most of our significant
others cringe. Well, we took care of that when I reviewed the two
Antec cases, Minuet
and Overture.
And if you recall, the Minute requires a mini-ATX board.
In my quest for a MB that could fit in a small computer case and
still provide a lot of power to do the different things that it
might be called upon to do. I looked at the VIA EPIA line of mini
ATX boards but in the end I seriously wanted whatever I chose to
be more main stream, have a lot of performance and upgrading options.
GruntmaN got with Chaintech and they recommended their Nforce2 based
7NIF2 mini-ATX Mother Board. I will take a look and see if its performance
matches up to its larger brethren, the 7NJS
Ultra that Bellerophon reviewed earlier this year. We’ll
be testing this board as a normal PC as well as taking it through
the chores of HTPC duty as that is our future intent with this board.
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