Hi All,
After a long pause of using MP, I want to use the opportunity of switching to sat to build a new HTPC (my first time). And for that I would not mind some recommendations / help (thanks to etheesdad for the tutorial on this forum!). So I will first post my needs and then my initial ideas about components (since it's been a long time since I setup my last PC, my knowledge may be limited).
Situation:
- 4 Satelite Setup is planned (Astra 1,2,3 & Hotbird) (from Western Germany)
- 1 TB NAS Storage is already available for Media Storage (Buffalo NAS)
- Currently using N class Wifi, cable for 1 GB is already there but not installed (and also no switch) so I would try wifi first.
- TV is a Philips 37" (unfortunatly no pixel perfect solution possible) with DVI on 1080i
Needs:
- Quiet, but not "No-Noise"
- Dual Tuner HD
- DVD player
- Audio Out to Stereo (yep, still no Surround Sound)
Wants:
- Some casual gameplay would be nice (I fly MS FS X sometime, why not on the big screen)
- Blue-Ray player / recorder
- CI access (for when HD+ is possible within normal CIs)
- Built-in Card Reader (I take quite a lot of fotos)
Price Range target 600 €-900 €
My current ideas are:
- Case: Antec Fusion Remote Black (http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NzE4)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 (nice new processor from intel!)
- Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-H57M-USB3, Intel H57, mATX, DDR3, PCI-Express Motherboard (http://www.amazon.de/Gigabyte-Mainboard-GA-H57M-USB3-1156-DDR3/dp/B0036EJP80/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1270642662&sr=1-1)
- Gfx: I thought to stick to the Core i3 internal Gfx first. What is your opinion?
- Mem: 4 GB of some 1066 DDR 3 (important?)
- PSU: be quiet! Pure Power Netzteil 530W (I think this about doubles the requirements)
- DVD/BlueRay: ?
- HDD: Either OCZ 60 GB Solid State Disk: (OCZ 60 GB Solid State Disk 6,4 cm Festplatte Vertex: Amazon.de: Elektronik)
or Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1.0TB interne Festplatte(8.9 cm, 5400rpm, 8.9ms, 64MB Cache, SATA) (Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1.0TB interne: Amazon.de: Elektronik)
- DVB-S2: Idea: DigitalDevices PCI-Express TWIN-DVB-S2 HDTV Karte für MediaCenter-PC, is it supported? Has no CI at the moment. What is better?
What else do I need? What are your comments?
P.S.: When I timeshift to the SSD or to a Memory Disk, will the record this function copy the running buffer to the new (recording) location (aka in case of the SSD I will record all to the NAS)?
Thanks for your feedback!
I know the price range is not hit pretty good at the moment. The 600 is more of a hope.
EDIT: The PSU is obviously to big in scope. I will search for a 300 W be quiet! I think
After a long pause of using MP, I want to use the opportunity of switching to sat to build a new HTPC (my first time). And for that I would not mind some recommendations / help (thanks to etheesdad for the tutorial on this forum!). So I will first post my needs and then my initial ideas about components (since it's been a long time since I setup my last PC, my knowledge may be limited).
Situation:
- 4 Satelite Setup is planned (Astra 1,2,3 & Hotbird) (from Western Germany)
- 1 TB NAS Storage is already available for Media Storage (Buffalo NAS)
- Currently using N class Wifi, cable for 1 GB is already there but not installed (and also no switch) so I would try wifi first.
- TV is a Philips 37" (unfortunatly no pixel perfect solution possible) with DVI on 1080i
Needs:
- Quiet, but not "No-Noise"
- Dual Tuner HD
- DVD player
- Audio Out to Stereo (yep, still no Surround Sound)
Wants:
- Some casual gameplay would be nice (I fly MS FS X sometime, why not on the big screen)
- Blue-Ray player / recorder
- CI access (for when HD+ is possible within normal CIs)
- Built-in Card Reader (I take quite a lot of fotos)
Price Range target 600 €-900 €
My current ideas are:
- Case: Antec Fusion Remote Black (http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NzE4)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 (nice new processor from intel!)
- Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-H57M-USB3, Intel H57, mATX, DDR3, PCI-Express Motherboard (http://www.amazon.de/Gigabyte-Mainboard-GA-H57M-USB3-1156-DDR3/dp/B0036EJP80/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1270642662&sr=1-1)
- Gfx: I thought to stick to the Core i3 internal Gfx first. What is your opinion?
- Mem: 4 GB of some 1066 DDR 3 (important?)
- PSU: be quiet! Pure Power Netzteil 530W (I think this about doubles the requirements)
- DVD/BlueRay: ?
- HDD: Either OCZ 60 GB Solid State Disk: (OCZ 60 GB Solid State Disk 6,4 cm Festplatte Vertex: Amazon.de: Elektronik)
or Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1.0TB interne Festplatte(8.9 cm, 5400rpm, 8.9ms, 64MB Cache, SATA) (Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1.0TB interne: Amazon.de: Elektronik)
- DVB-S2: Idea: DigitalDevices PCI-Express TWIN-DVB-S2 HDTV Karte für MediaCenter-PC, is it supported? Has no CI at the moment. What is better?
What else do I need? What are your comments?
P.S.: When I timeshift to the SSD or to a Memory Disk, will the record this function copy the running buffer to the new (recording) location (aka in case of the SSD I will record all to the NAS)?
Thanks for your feedback!
I know the price range is not hit pretty good at the moment. The 600 is more of a hope.
EDIT: The PSU is obviously to big in scope. I will search for a 300 W be quiet! I think