1st htpc project please could have some help ? (1 Viewer)

[Michael/htpc]

Hi am michael from uk what a would like to do is build me 1st htpc

a will be use it for hd movies / blueray / h.264 1080p and 1080i

Me Plasma is Pansonic 42 px 80 / resolution 1024 x 768

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A Would want to conect me htpc to me plasma use HDMI and use the on board sound/gfx on me motherboard

for recording uk tv freeview and may be hd tv when it comes here soon


Hardware what a pic so far is

am try to make it Energy Efficient is posible

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
AMD AM2 ATHLON X2 Dual Core 4850e Energy Efficient CPU 2.6GHz (45W)
Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT - Twin DVB-T Digital Card PCIe slot (x1, x4 or x16)

Dont need power suply or memmory or hard drive

Just need to pic a case htpc

but one thing the software a be defo use is media porta to watch me movies/tv and do me tv recordings is this all compatible ??

thank for take time to look at this

thanx michael

 

[DJBlu]

Ref your psu, if you are wanting a smaller case micro-ATX like the motherboard is then I would make sure you have a smaller psu as a standard ATX psu will not fit into most microATX HTPC Cases.

 

[Michael/htpc]

Ref your psu, if you are wanting a smaller case micro-ATX like the motherboard is then I would make sure you have a smaller psu as a standard ATX psu will not fit into most microATX HTPC Cases.

ahh Thanx DJ Blu me power supply is Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

Me Case Might be

Antec Fusion 'Remote' Max Premium HTPC Case
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case
Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case
Silverstone lc17

thanx again

 

[DJBlu]

Antec Fusion 'Remote' Max Premium HTPC Case
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case
Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case
Silverstone lc17

All these are Standard ATX compatible.

 

[Michael/htpc]

Antec Fusion 'Remote' Max Premium HTPC Case
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case
Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case
Silverstone lc17

All these are Standard ATX compatible.

thanx for you help Djblu

so you say that motherboard and cpu is compatible with hd movies/ blueray/h.264 ?
the tv card compatible with the motherboard and media portable ?
and the power supply compatible with them cases ?

thanx michael

 

[elliottmc]

Hi,

I'm not 100% certain, as I don't have a bluray drive, but I don't think MediaPortal supports playback of BluRay disks.

Best wishes,

Mark

 

[DJBlu]

so you say that motherboard and cpu is compatible with hd movies/ blueray/h.264 ?

This is the talking point. HD Rips will play fine with Hardware Acceleration with the motherboard you have. However playing Blu-ray disks you will have to take a look at a "workaround". There is one in the forum somewhere, search playing blu ray.

the tv card compatible with the motherboard and media portable ?

It should be fine. If they have BDA drivers. I can't confirm this as I only use DVB-S cards.

and the power supply compatible with them cases ?

The power supply will fit in these cases

 

[Michael/htpc]

so you say that motherboard and cpu is compatible with hd movies/ blueray/h.264 ?

This is the talking point. HD Rips will play fine with Hardware Acceleration with the motherboard you have. However playing Blu-ray disks you will have to take a look at a "workaround". There is one in the forum somewhere, search playing blu ray.

the tv card compatible with the motherboard and media portable ?

It should be fine. If they have BDA drivers. I can't confirm this as I only use DVB-S cards.

and the power supply compatible with them cases ?

The power supply will fit in these cases

thank you DJBlu a think a would only be play hd rips / h.264 and if wanted to play blueray disc a would use me ps3 and just check me tv card drivers for Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT - Twin DVB-T Digital Card PCIe slot (x1, x4 or x16)
and there have bda drivers

TerraTec - Products - TV - DVB-T (Aerial) - TerraTec

 

[Hildebrandt]

I use Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT - and it works fine... Only thing is, that it's a bit sensitive Re: signal strength, so you might want to consider this before purchasing...

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Regarding memory, use 2 sticks rather than one, otherwise no dual channel support, and I think the standard 2x1gb should be ample for all your needs, whether Vista or XP.