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I guess this i3/i5 mini-itx board with NVIDIA GeForce GT430 should be up to the job:<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500070" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500070</a><br>
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Should be a good combination of performance and size, but it is a bit expensive though.<br>
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Jens<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div>i know openSUSE has driver issues with discrete graphics laptops (ie: intel GPU for 2d, and it auto-switches to nvidia/ati for 3d content). is this how this board works, or is it just an embedded PCIe graphics card that overrides the core-i GPU?<br>
if so, i'd want to look into it more before purchasing.<br><br>if it's an embedded PCIe card that is used for everything, then thats not bad, but i'd likely opt for a cheaper board (<span id="lblPageInfo"></span>Asrock H67M-iTX), m350 case, ram slow i3 and maybe a 32gb SSD. would be ideal for a frontend, or USB tuner FE/BE system with network storage.<br>
<br><br>i dont like this thread - i've been following it from early on, and i soo want to upgrade my noisy-when-cpu-is-loaded BE/FE with something quieter. the itch is getting worse :S<br>