HDMI supported pc's

[radamson85]

Hi I am not sure if this is the proper thread, however I was wondering what is required in a pc build to be HDMI compatible. I have one of the adapters from a dell pc. Was just curious if this motherboard and cpu would support HDMI or what do i need if they dont
AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Thank You

 

[saaiello]

Ok wel you do not have HDMI support on your motherboard so you will not be able to use a traditional HDMI cable you can get a DVI to HDMI cable but it wont carry sound so kinda pointless. What you need to get is a video card that has a HDMI output on it. Depending on what your needs are you can find a PCI card with HDMI for around $50. And still use whatever graphics card you have now.

There is also a DVI to HDMI that carries audio but everytime you want to use it you will have to switch the wires on your sound card everytime.

DVI to HDMI cable
http://www.calcellular.com/d-hd-audio-15.html

 

[radamson85]

ok Great, thanks alot
ok here is the video card I was probably gona get
POWERCOLOR AX4850 1GBD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail

 

[popatim]

Look at the 5000 series of cards, prioce is comparable as is preformance but you get DX11 and sound routed thru the hdmi <sweet>

 

[saaiello]

ok Great, thanks alot
ok here is the video card I was probably gona get
POWERCOLOR AX4850 1GBD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail

Thats a decent card and for the price it will perform nicely just make sure you get the one with integrated HDMI on it.

 

[radamson85]

Thanks SAA
Very helpful

 

[radamson85]

So this mother board and cpu are compatible with eachother am I right?
AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

 

[LePhuronn]

Yes - AM3 CPU with an AM3 motherboard

 

[JDFan]

You might want to look at the 5770 as well - the HDMI ports on the video cards also support HDMI audio output (which is not the case on many of the HDMI outputs on other cards) IIRC all 5xxx series cards support audio on the HDMI outputs but not positive (I do know for sure that my Sapphire 5770 supports up to 7.1 audio through the cards HDMI output as well as HDMI video.

 

[radamson85]

Thanks again guys, awsome as always