Cheapest Skylake board out there atm and seems decent for basic i5 builds.
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JimBobJr to bytemaster
13 Feb 165#5
DisplayPort on a motherboard? Okay.......
DVI will easily suffice as i doubt people use 4k on integrated
Agharta to JimBobJr
14 Feb 164#23
What are you on about? Most PCs use integrated graphics as most aren’t used for gaming or require a dGPU for other reasons.
Why shouldn’t you choose Skylake just because you aren’t a gamer?
If you want a high resolution screen but don’t game integrated graphics are generally fine.
So many gamers on this site only seem to look at PC tech through the lens of their own myopic gaming bias.
Rich44
14 Feb 163#16
There's more to skylake than the latest cpu it's hot an incredible gpu (for intel) in it. I'll wager 99% of non gamers would probably still be happy with a vga connector. Seriously most people not gaming would be perfectly happy within the limitations of this motherboard.
Dunno why people are making such a fuss over a £40 motherboard
JimBobJr to tempt
13 Feb 163#2
This is a motherboard. Not a PC/TV Box or whatever you think it is.
It will support Kodi but you need other parts such as a CPU/RAM/PSU/Case/HDD or SSD and a CPU Cooler
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tempt
13 Feb 161#1
Can this handle kodi?
JimBobJr to tempt
13 Feb 163#2
This is a motherboard. Not a PC/TV Box or whatever you think it is.
It will support Kodi but you need other parts such as a CPU/RAM/PSU/Case/HDD or SSD and a CPU Cooler
fishmaster to tempt
14 Feb 16#22
Definitely not without RAM and CPU and HDD.
GwanGy
13 Feb 161#3
Is there a non-VD version? pro or non-pro
Bossworld to GwanGy
14 Feb 162#20
No one wants VD.
bytemaster
13 Feb 16#4
It is cheap, but No HDMI and No DP, a very basic board.
JimBobJr to bytemaster
13 Feb 165#5
DisplayPort on a motherboard? Okay.......
DVI will easily suffice as i doubt people use 4k on integrated
Gkains
13 Feb 161#6
well, for 4k desktop use Skylake igpu should be fine and since Intel didn't manage to include HDMI 2.0 with Skylake that really requires Displayport (which I would be fine with as I think Displayport is the better interface but unfortunately TV manufactured prefer HDMI)
JimBobJr
13 Feb 16#7
Not many people use iGPUs especially not with skylake, its really not an issue
bytemaster
13 Feb 16#8
Well they certainly won't on this MB
bytemaster
13 Feb 162#9
So wrong, not everyone wants/needs an additional display card. This is a cheap Skylake MB but is severely crippled for many potential users. Don't just pump up the deal, accept valid criticism.
Gkains
14 Feb 161#10
Precisely, there are many scenarios where integrated is perfectly fine and a graphic card would just be an unnecessary expense, source of noise, and potential point of failure.
Some people dismiss integrated so much that the look for expensive cards able to drive 3/4 monitors for non-gaming use and don't even consider driving two from their motherboard and just getting a graphic card to drive the other two (although the BIOS on some motherboards doesn't / didn't offer the option to use both).
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DVI will easily suffice as i doubt people use 4k on integrated
Why shouldn’t you choose Skylake just because you aren’t a gamer?
If you want a high resolution screen but don’t game integrated graphics are generally fine.
So many gamers on this site only seem to look at PC tech through the lens of their own myopic gaming bias.
Dunno why people are making such a fuss over a £40 motherboard
It will support Kodi but you need other parts such as a CPU/RAM/PSU/Case/HDD or SSD and a CPU Cooler
All comments (27)
It will support Kodi but you need other parts such as a CPU/RAM/PSU/Case/HDD or SSD and a CPU Cooler
DVI will easily suffice as i doubt people use 4k on integrated
Some people dismiss integrated so much that the look for expensive cards able to drive 3/4 monitors for non-gaming use and don't even consider driving two from their motherboard and just getting a graphic card to drive the other two (although the BIOS on some motherboards doesn't / didn't offer the option to use both).