New HTPC

2005-06-20, 19:40

Helo people.
I want to build a HTPC and i need help.
I already have the case, a arisetec HT-200 whith display and remote.
I have also a tv tuner NVTV, a video card GEFORCE 6600GT PCIE, a pcsat SKYSTAR2, two 160Gb sata disc and a creative audigy 2 ZS Platinium audio card.
I am thinking on buy a MSI board and a AMD athlon 64 Sk939 cpu.
Is it a good idea?
Please help me :cry:

vbap · 2005-06-20, 23:58

Looks like a more-than-adequate setup. If you get the venice core version of the AMD64, I believe it runs cooler. Also, 512MB ram is handy. And, of course, WinXP SP2 (or MCE2005).

pinkus · 2005-06-21, 00:38

If you can get one get a San Deigo core A64, their the latest core update and apparently run cooler than even the venice cored chips.

As far as motherboards go I'd look for a board with an nForce4 chipset. Should give you best perfomance and features. I'd say either Asus or Msi would be a good choice.

Autoper · 2005-08-25, 16:58

A little sidenote:
If you want the most tidy boot with costom bios boot screen, go for mb's where you can customice this. I know the award bios is patchable, but its risky. I have also heard that the DFI Lanparty cards are patchable from within Windows without messing with the bios.

Regards

2005-06-20, 19:40	#1 (permalink)
miguelf Guest Posts: n/a	New HTPC Helo people. I want to build a HTPC and i need help. I already have the case, a arisetec HT-200 whith display and remote. I have also a tv tuner NVTV, a video card GEFORCE 6600GT PCIE, a pcsat SKYSTAR2, two 160Gb sata disc and a creative audigy 2 ZS Platinium audio card. I am thinking on buy a MSI board and a AMD athlon 64 Sk939 cpu. Is it a good idea? Please help me :cry:

2005-06-20, 23:58	#2 (permalink)
vbap Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 131 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Looks like a more-than-adequate setup. If you get the venice core version of the AMD64, I believe it runs cooler. Also, 512MB ram is handy. And, of course, WinXP SP2 (or MCE2005). __________________ My Media PC Set-up

2005-08-25, 16:58	#4 (permalink)
Autoper Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stavanger, Norway Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A little sidenote: If you want the most tidy boot with costom bios boot screen, go for mb's where you can customice this. I know the award bios is patchable, but its risky. I have also heard that the DFI Lanparty cards are patchable from within Windows without messing with the bios. Regards __________________ Sys1: 2,4Ghz Core 2 Quad- 2 GB RAM - Geeforce 8600 - SB Audigy2 - Hauppauge WinPVR150 - MCE2005 Remote - Panasonic 32" Widescreen Sys2: 2.8Ghz Core2Duo - 2 GB RAM - Geeforce 8800 - SB Audigy2 - PVR500 - MCE2005 Remote - Radix - Barco Graphics 808s, 3 tube projector TVServer: 2x Xeon 2.33GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500GB HD RAID0 - 2x HVR4000 Media/Streaming -server: 2x Xeon dualcore 2.0GHz - 4 GB RAM - 4TB HD RAID5

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2005-06-21, 00:38	#3 (permalink)
pinkus Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If you can get one get a San Deigo core A64, their the latest core update and apparently run cooler than even the venice cored chips. As far as motherboards go I'd look for a board with an nForce4 chipset. Should give you best perfomance and features. I'd say either Asus or Msi would be a good choice.