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<blockquote data-quote="Gralq" data-source="post: 229346" data-attributes="member: 66114">I'm just on the verge of ordering my first pure htpc (not as before a WS with a loooong s-video cable), when I realized that it might be good to get some feedback on my setup.Hardware: Chassi: ANTEC FUSION 430 HTPCMotherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2HCpu: AMD ATHLON X2 BE-2400 SOCKET AM2 45WCpucooler: COOLER MASTER GEMIN IIRam: DIMM DDR2 2GB PC2-5300 667MHZHdd: SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA/300 7200RPM 8MBMy plan is to use the huge cooler passivly and let the two included 120mm triCool fans do the airshoveling in the chassi, though they are to be exchanged for something quieter sometime (and yes, it's supposted to fit in the case, if snugly). And I've chosen a relativly small hdd since I don't want movies/musik on the htpc to minimize hdduse and therefore noise. No optical drive is included since I've got one lying around that should suffice for installing software. Is there anything except a remote that I've forgotten? Or something I should change?It'll mainly be used for watching dvdr and downloaded hdcontent. No recording will be done in the near future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gralq, post: 229346, member: 66114"] I'm just on the verge of ordering my first pure htpc (not as before a WS with a loooong s-video cable), when I realized that it might be good to get some feedback on my setup. Hardware: Chassi: ANTEC FUSION 430 HTPC Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H Cpu: AMD ATHLON X2 BE-2400 SOCKET AM2 45W Cpucooler: COOLER MASTER GEMIN II Ram: DIMM DDR2 2GB PC2-5300 667MHZ Hdd: SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA/300 7200RPM 8MB My plan is to use the huge cooler passivly and let the two included 120mm triCool fans do the airshoveling in the chassi, though they are to be exchanged for something quieter sometime (and yes, it's supposted to fit in the case, if snugly). And I've chosen a relativly small hdd since I don't want movies/musik on the htpc to minimize hdduse and therefore noise. No optical drive is included since I've got one lying around that should suffice for installing software. Is there anything except a remote that I've forgotten? Or something I should change? It'll mainly be used for watching dvdr and downloaded hdcontent. No recording will be done in the near future. [/QUOTE]

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