ok first off you said HDTV.
thats the problem.
I mean if it goes up to like 720p, thats ok to have a single core for future use. I have read how powerful 2 cores is in 1080i and 1080p.
NFG here
THere is an asrock nfg micro board on main page, passive, has 6150 graphics, looks really good and is 70 dollars about. I would consider this a win until I ugpraded for better audio. Audigy2zs would releive the processor from dealing with sound and be clearer to the ears. THe sound is of moderate quality as is, but heck, it's on board sound on a 70 dollar machine.
It is a 939 board, so that would be different from a sempron solution of course. I wouldnt toy with turion. instead I would get a lower ghz processor and undervolt it. turion just has such limited desktop compatibility, I didtched the idea long ago.
IN direct answer of your post, I would say, if you go with the venice on newegg for 754, which is much better than going sempron for it, I would look at Via 8t800 pro chipsets. they run sata, are rated at the highest speed for 754 platform, and having owned one, it runs very easily on a pasive heatsink. It has 15 watts less load usage than nforce options. 15 watts is a heck of a lot considering it uses only 30ish.
I looked around at respectable motherboard for 754.
I would go 939, so many competing companies for small form hdtv machines.
msi good one
Somewhere in between these I suspect! Need to investigate heat sinks/fans for such a system.
