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2008-06-27, 07:04
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Country:  |  My htpc build Here is my htpc I am very happy with it Plays everything I have tried all the way up to full 1080p without a prob I know wires are a mess in pics, that was right after building it I cleaned em up since Specs BLACK ALUMINUM HTPC MEDIA CENTER MCE303 CASE BIOSTAR TForce TF7050-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV HDMI Micro ATX Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Sunbeam Hush 580W Power Supply ZALMAN CNPS8700 2 Ball CPU Cooler Super Talent 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 3 x Maxtor Ultra 16 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 2 x Samsung Spinpoint 750GB 32MB Cache 7200RPM SATA(Total 3TB) Lite-On DVD Rom(Soon to be LG Bluray/HD-DVD Rom) Microsoft Black IR Wireless Slim 3-in-1Keyboard Microsoft IR MCE Remote Windows Vista with Media Portal installed of course Still need to get a tuner, still deciding on one Note: pics are when I finished it, the 2 750gb hdds were added later(took some custom mods...lol) Last pic is of the custom mounting of 4 of the drives, had to remove the stock hdd cage Last edited by ryan20021982; 2008-06-27 at 22:57. |
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Country:  | Cool case! that one is new to me, very nice build. I never heard of Biostar, do you like the mobo?
__________________  Work PC: Lian Li V2100 B Plus II Black, Asus P5E , Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, 250 GB, 3x 500 GB, Tagan TG480 480W, GeForce 8600GTS Silent, 4096 MB DDR2, Vista Ulitmate x64. Server PC: Some black Midi case, MSI K9AGM2, Athlon XP 3200+, AC CPU Freezer 64 lp, CM Silent Case Fan, 512MB DDR2, HighPoint RocketRAID 2320, 4x Samsung HDD 1TB 32MB SATAII in RAID5, FireDTV-C, Windows XP pro. My second build... |
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Country: | Yes actually I do, there not a top brand but it has some good features for the price and it has the audio over hdmi that I was looking for. Installation went smooth and has been running fine ever since I love the case comes with the display card reader ir receiver and remote here is the site for the case they have some full size ones too Colorcase.com Here are some stock pictures of mine really nice quality http://htpc.mce701.com/info/mce303b.html And here is there full size version with front touchscreen http://htpc.mce701.com/info/mce701b.html Last edited by ryan20021982; 2008-06-27 at 16:36. |
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Country: | That looks quite amazing, with the dollar/euro as it is very cheap! I read some very bad reviews online about the company... whats your experiance?
__________________ Work PC: Lian Li V2100 B Plus II Black, Asus P5E , Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, 250 GB, 3x 500 GB, Tagan TG480 480W, GeForce 8600GTS Silent, 4096 MB DDR2, Vista Ulitmate x64. Server PC: Some black Midi case, MSI K9AGM2, Athlon XP 3200+, AC CPU Freezer 64 lp, CM Silent Case Fan, 512MB DDR2, HighPoint RocketRAID 2320, 4x Samsung HDD 1TB 32MB SATAII in RAID5, FireDTV-C, Windows XP pro. My second build... Last edited by ThaClown; 2008-06-28 at 00:05. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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Country:  | did you tested H.264 acceleration - it is done by the VIDEO card? A buyed ASUS mobo with 7050PV but PureVideo HD was not working  - i decided to change my mobo to Gigabyte with ATI RADEON HD3200 built on - WORKS PERFECTLY! |
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from the company just them selling on ebay there name on ebay is the company name Colorcase. I ordered and it was here in a few days , really nice quality and comes with everything you need to get it going | |
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