Question 1

Does this Motherboard have a integrated or dedicated graphics card?

Accepted Answer

The Biostar NM70I-847 has integrated Intel HD graphics with High Definition and VGA outputs. Windows 7 experience reports graphics component as 4.5 (desktop performance for Windows Aero) and Gaming Graphics as 5.5 (3D business and gaming graphics performance). Very good graphics performance for what I require.

Question 2

what power supply would work best for this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

It depends entirely on what you'll be using the system for and what other components need power.  If you don't have a super high powered graphics card and a ton of drives and fans, you can easily work with 300W or less.  Possibly even a PicoPSU would be sufficient.  You can find online estimators to determine exactly how many watts (and amps on which rails) are your minimum requirement, based on what additional components you plan to use.

Keep in mind you want a more recent PSU with a 24-pin ATX power connector (20-pin can work if plugged in correctly, but those PSUs typically aren't optimized for the 12V rail as modern standards demand).

Question 3

Will this be powerful enough to run netflix? And is it better then dual core atom?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it runs Netflix HD. And yes, it's definitely more powerful than a dual core atom. I've used this board in several builds- a few were Linux-based desktop systems with SSDs, others were HTPCs (mostly running OpenELEC but one customer specifically requested Windows 7). In each instance, my customers were very impressed with the price:performance ratio.

Question 4

Will this board support DDR 2 Muskin silver line memory 1.8v?

Accepted Answer

I don't believe so, it's specs call for DDR3..

Question 5

is this motherboard compatiblewith an  machine EL1850G-42?

Accepted Answer

The RAM and hard drive from the E-Machines model you referenced should be compatible with this motherboard and CPU combo.  However you cannot use the Celeron CPU that came with the E-Machine system with this motherboard, you will have to use the slower Celeron that is built into this board.  You'll also have to make sure the E-Machines case and power supply conform to ATX standards and that the power supply has the additional P4 power connector.

Question 6

Does this motherboard support RAID 5?
What other RAID formats does it support?

Accepted Answer

The documentation I downloaded from the manufacturer's web site only mentions RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 modes, so I'm inclined to think RAID 5 is not supported.

Question 7

Does this card support RAID5?

Accepted Answer

the motherboard as far as I can tell does not support raid 5 (not from what I've seen in the bios or any other written material) further more if your looking at using it as a NAS I can't recommend enough to use software raid either ZFS (very bad idea to use hardware raid with ZFS) or mdadm for more info look up fake raid as that is what almost all but the highest end motherboards use

I'm personally running it as a NAS with ubuntu 12.04 using mdadm to run a raid 5 and its rock solid without the fear of losing data due to hardware compatibility issues

Brand	BIOSTAR
Model	NM70I-847
Combo Type	Motherboard / CPU Combo

CPU Socket Type	BGA1023
CPU Type	Celeron

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported	16GB

Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC662
Audio Channels	6-Channel HD Audio

LAN Chipset	Realtek RTL8111F
LAN Speed	10/100/1000Mbps
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

BIOSTAR NM70I-847 Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz 2C/2T BGA1023 Intel NM70 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

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PS/2	2
Video Ports	D-Sub
HDMI	1 x HDMI
USB 1.1/2.0	4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports	3 x Audio Connector

Physical Spec
Form Factor	Mini ITX
Dimensions (W x L)	17cm x 17cm

Item#: N82E16813138368