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To: Vattila who wrote (255389)	8/8/2008 11:22:40 AM
From: eracer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: What IGP motherboard do you suggest for the E7200 and how does the cost, performance and power consumption of the configuration fare compared to the AMD alternative? There is no good Intel alternative yet for your situation. The Intel G45 boards are still expensive and all of the Intel G35/G33/G31 chipsets are too slow. Some of the Intel motherboards with NVIDIA chipsets are inexpensive, but they don't perform as well as the 780G and 790GX. As the 780G and 790GX 3D performance is what I would consider barely adequate, I wouldn't settle for anything less than 780G/790GX if you insist on staying with integrated graphics.

To: Vattila who wrote (255389)	8/8/2008 11:41:46 AM
From: wbmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: What IGP motherboard do you suggest for the E7200 and how does the cost, performance and power consumption of the configuration fare compared to the AMD alternative? This looks like a nice one. The G43 has the same graphics performance as the G45, but just lacks the Blu-Ray hardware decode capabilities. newegg.com If you need Blu-Ray hardware decode, then you have to go with the more expensive G45: newegg.com In the U.S. the E7200 + G43 motherboard above costs $225. The 4850e + 780G combo goes for $162. It depends on whether you are more cost focused or more performance focused. The reviews have seemed to suggest that going with Intel gives you up to 50% more performance, and it would be competitively low power. You could probably build identically silent systems for a cost difference of about $65 (not sure what this is in pounds). If that delta in price is available to you, I think that most people end up happier with getting the higher performance product. Again, YMMV.