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Hi you're looking at the P5N-EM HDMI
Micro-ATX Asus motherboard, |
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this thing is sweet and i'll tell you what
it's my number one pick right now |
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for an HTPC build if you're doing a
dedicated media server or a little HTPC |
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right next to your TV, this is probably
my new favorite one for several reasons, |
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first obviously being the cost. This thing
is very affordable, and it's got all of these |
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great features, they're going to let you build
a great HTPC, it's 9.6 by 8.2 inches, |
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so it's very small, the form factor's actually
called UATX, but it will fit in micro |
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and, well, they're both in micro-ATX motherboards.
So it's very small, now it brings a couple |
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new technologies to the table,
first of all let's talk about |
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HTPC stuff, which is going to be--
first of all, the fact that it has a built-in |
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HDMI port right there, so that's extremely useful,
it will decode and encode Blurays, |
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so it's going to be very, very good
if you're going to make a home-theatre PC |
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because you don't have to have a videocard
and therefore you can have a slim case |
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because there's not going to be any other add-ons
that are going to be popping up |
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from the VGA slots,
it pretty much is just going to go |
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straight in there, you can put it in a really
small case, it does have HDCP |
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and Blu-ray/HD-DVD content support,
so you will be able to stream those |
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write-protected DVDs to your television
and your Blu-rays, it's also got |
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built-in 7.1 channel HD audio by Azalia,
which is going to be excellent, |
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you don't need to worry about getting
an extra soundcard, you will have 7.1 channel, |
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and the other important thing is,
where's it at, there it is-- gigabit LAN |
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because you're definitely going to need that,
it's going to be on your network, |
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you're going to be sharing files
with the rest of the TVs in your house |
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or any other PCs you may have,
so gigabit LAN is definitely something |
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that you're going to want to have. Now,
this functions on the 630i chipset, |
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now the 630i has been revamped on this board
to accept some new technologies, |
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first of all, it's going to accept socket 775 45nm
processors, so you're not stuck |
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to Q6600s, or the older stuff,
this will do the 1333-megahert front-side bus, |
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quads, and duals, so your Yorkfields
and your Wakefields will work in here, |
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you have three DIMMs
that will accept up to four gigabytes of DDR2, |
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and it does do the faster 1066-megahert memory,
so that's also a good thing, |
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the onboard graphics on here-
it's the GeForce 7100, |
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so that's actually a great onboard graphics
solution and it will allow you to decode |
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those Blu-rays, make sure that they're nice
and clean, and that they look great, |
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it does do a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1440
so that's more than enough to do your |
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1080p HD stuff, you also have four SATA ports
which are right over here, |
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so you've got four SATA ports,
those are 3G certified, not a problem, |
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you also have your IDE and your floppy disk--
sorry that's your 24-pin power connector-- |
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so 24-pin power connector,
you have IDE right here and then down here |
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at the bottom you do have a floppy connection,
you have up to ten USBs, six of which |
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are on the board-- where are they?
Right there, right there, right there, |
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and over here, and of course four
on the back right there. Two and two, |
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you'll also notice that you have VGA and DVI
outputs, this can pretty much be used |
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for a monitor, and then these two are linked,
you can't run them both at the same time, |
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but you can run these two at the same time
or these two at the same time, no problem. |
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So that's definitely going to help you if you want
to set up a dual monitor |
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and then have your TV as a display,
you also got PS/2s over here, |
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and like I mentioned earlier
your gigabit LAN and your 7.1 channel audio. |
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So, great motherboard from Asus,
it's going to support all of the latest processors |
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let me give you a quick tour of what's in the box
on here, floppy and IDE cables-- |
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i'm totally thrilled that they included those...
you also get a SATA cable, kind of useful, |
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and you get one of these 4-pin molex
to SATA connectors, this is actually great |
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if you want to reuse some old technology
you have lying around, you might have |
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an old 300-watt power supply
from an old Dell or something, who knows? |
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This might be perfect for you because it lets you
use a SATA hard drive which it didn't come with |
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before it had the 4-pin molex, and this lets you
convert it so you don't lose that hard drive, |
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it's still useful, you get an input/output shield
and you also get some software, |
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you get an Asus sticker, badge for the front
of your case, and this comes with |
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Corel and Intervideo and some Symantec products,
and then you get the driver disc |
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for your GeForce 7100 as well as the motherboard,
and last but not least you get this great little |
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P5N-EM HDMI motherboard, which is included in the
box, and i'll tell you what there's also |
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a couple other specials that you're going to get
with this, you're going to get |
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a three-year warranty, which is actually
pretty impressive for a motherboard, |
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so it's not very expensive but somehow
they're figuring out a way to cover you |
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for three years of warranty,
so that's excellent for any motherboard, |
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even for Asus which makes great products,
another thing you're going to get |
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is Kaspersky Anti-Virus is going to be in the box
with the motherboard, it's actually on the disc |
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that I already showed you, and if you
need an anti-virus, that can save you $50 bucks |
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from spending it on a product that's
probably not that good, |
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Kaspersky is definitely one of the best,
at least one of the top three, |
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and if you're thinking about Norton and McAfee,
those are probably down here |
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in the seven and eight section,
so this is definitely much better |
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and it's included in the box,
it's bringing you pretty much up to date |
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on the newer processors,
the 1333-megahertz front-side bus, |
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45nms, you also get the on-board audio,
the HDMI, the HDCP, so again, |
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great HTPC motherboard here, it's very small,
it's yellow, which is interesting, |
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to say the least, and it's a great board
from Asus. So if you're interested |
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in making an HTPC, this is for you,
if you have any questions on it e-mail me, |
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and I will see you guys next time.
The Asus P5N-EM HDMI Micro-ATX motherboard |
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is available from the retailers listed here,
or for more information you can type in |
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A455-2852 into any major search engine.
For ComputerTV, i'm Albert. |
