I'm doing the usual swap around of machines and parts and thought I'd throw together a htpc.
It's an ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
A Intel Pentium G2120 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.1GHz LGA 1155 Desktop Processor BX80637G2120:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
A Hauppauge TV tuner, xonar sound-card, plenty of 1600mhz ddr3, ssd, raid storage, etc.
1 question, I have an old 8800 gtx in the attic. Is it worth throwing in at all or just go with the on-board graphics until I pick up a new card. Can it use or contribute to h.264? The onboard chip on this pentium doesn't seem to perform very well...