building an nes pc need a mobo recomendation

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

hello im building an nes pc my budget is 300$ i need a MINI ITX motherboard recomendation, i plan on using the nes pc for emulating nes games as well as watching dvd moves and basic web surfing. so can some on recomend me a mini itx board from this newegg link if the link doesnt work i just want a mini itx embeded board aka cpu mobo together new in box from newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007623%20600009028&IsNodeId=1&OEMMark=N&bop=And&Order=REVIEWS&PageSize=20

also if possible tell me what kind of power supply i will need to power the board qill a mini itx psu work or what

 

[unknownofprob]

Could you list your current parts that you have. That'll clarify what board you'll need and wattage of power supply.

That link gives us a list of MINI ITX Board combo's but for all sockets and across both platforms.

What Platform/CPU/Motherboard do you want for what price?

 

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

so far all i have is the broken non working nes but i would like at least 4 gig of ram but i guess 2 gig will do and i plan on using a laptop dvd drive ill have a desktop for all my major pc stuff and the nes pc for emulators movies and the interwebs

 

[unknownofprob]

so you want us to select a Motherboard/CPU combo and at least 2GB Ram? How much would your budget be?

 

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

my budget is 300$ id prefer an embeded mini itx mobo if possible that way i dont have to but a pc as most nes pc's i have seen use an embeded mini itx as long as the mobo can run nes emulators as well as play movies and surf the web its all good i have an xbox if i wanna game

 

[unknownofprob]

this board is pretty good and has an AMD APU processor if you aren;t intending to buy a graphics card -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135363

This board supports DDR3 Ram, so you'll need to get DDR3 ram for it to work.

Ram 4GB 1600MHz (2X2GB) sounds like enough for your needs.

 

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

awesome never used a pc with an apu are the apu's any good also what type of power supply will i need for this mobo also since the nes is so small if i put in a laptop tdvd drive will the fan on the cpu heatsink cause any problems as far as heat or air flow i will be adding some fans to the back of the nes

would prefer it if the board used laptop memory to save on space but not required

 

[unknownofprob]

APU's are not as good as the 99% of bought modern separate graphics cards, but they'll do many of the daily jobs nicely, though not gaming ultra ect.

airflow is fine as long as you have an intake and outtake fan in the appropriate areas of the case.

 

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

will this apu board do me fine for game console emulators such as nes snes sega genny and the like?

 

[unknownofprob]

it should do that fine. but if there is always a problem you can always buy a card for the motherboard.

 

[unknownofprob]

it should do that fine. but if there is always a problem you can always buy a card for it.

 

[DSzymborski]

I can't imagine an AMD APU having the least bit of trouble with most of the console emulators. I remember running Nesticle 15 years ago just fine on a Pentium II 333. I ran Bleem (PS1) on that PC too, but to be honest, I don't remember if I ran it before I put in a Rage 128 (though anything today would crush that too and it may not have mattered for Bleem - sorry I don't remember specifically given the length of time that has passed). We've gone far enough that most emulators are now child's play for PCs, up to PS2 (and I would think, but cannot guarantee) that you wouldn't have significant issues there.

 

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

well my phenom 2 920 quad core seems to run nes emus fine i guess ill have to chance it