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<blockquote data-quote="AIstudio" data-source="post: 219991" data-attributes="member: 63135">Hi to EVERYONE on here,I have just built my HTPC over the Xmas break. The components that I used are as follows:- Connected to 50 inch Pannasonic TH50 PF10 HDTV- Using B&amp;W speakers through Arcam AVR300 on component etc-&nbsp; Case - Silverstone CW01B-WDR-&nbsp; CPU - Intel Q6600 OEM G0 QuadCoreCPU-&nbsp; Motherboard - Asus Striker Extreme s775 nF6 SLi-&nbsp; PowerSupply - CORSAIR HX 620W MODULAR PSU-&nbsp; Ram - Corsair TwinX 2GB DDR2 8500DOM-&nbsp; HDD - 1 x 250 Gb Samsung SATA2 Spinpoint&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; OS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 x 500 Gb Samsung SATA2 Spinpoint&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; RAID5 (storage)-&nbsp; Gfx Card - 512MB BFG 8800GT O/CLOCK-&nbsp; Sound Card - Onbard sound from motherboard with extra card.-&nbsp; TVtuner - Haupp 289 WinTV Nova-T 500 MCE-&nbsp; Keyboard - Dinovo Edge wireless keybard/touchpadIt is set up at the mo running vista 32. It also has a wireless 360 gamepad and a MCE remote (which I havent installed yet.Even though I built this system a week or so ago would it be worth putting this into the ongoing HTPC section???The reason that I am posting here is that I am new and looking to Media portal for the front end.One thing that I MUST be able to do is to play games right from media portal. Can this be done???The reason that I ask is that these days, even to run the original without having to dig the cd/dvd out is very cumbersome.After installing a game you then have to create an image of the disc, then mount that in demon tools etc and then hide the virtual drive to get it to work.Can media portal be programed to do all those functions without having to do it all manually.Please don't turn this into a pirated copy thread as this is the method you HAVE to do if you don't want to keep on having to put the discs in the drive all the time!!!Cant wait to get everything configured though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Just need to finish my front room now to put it all in lol Any help or info appreciatedKev</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AIstudio, post: 219991, member: 63135"] Hi to EVERYONE on here, I have just built my HTPC over the Xmas break. The components that I used are as follows: - Connected to 50 inch Pannasonic TH50 PF10 HDTV - Using B&W speakers through Arcam AVR300 on component etc - [B]Case[/B] - Silverstone CW01B-WDR - [B]CPU[/B] - Intel Q6600 OEM G0 QuadCoreCPU - [B]Motherboard[/B] - Asus Striker Extreme s775 nF6 SLi - [B]PowerSupply[/B] - CORSAIR HX 620W MODULAR PSU - [B]Ram[/B] - Corsair TwinX 2GB DDR2 8500DOM - [B]HDD[/B] - 1 x 250 Gb Samsung SATA2 Spinpoint OS 4 x 500 Gb Samsung SATA2 Spinpoint RAID5 (storage) - [B]Gfx Card[/B] - 512MB BFG 8800GT O/CLOCK - [B]Sound Card[/B] - Onbard sound from motherboard with extra card. - [B]TVtuner[/B] - Haupp 289 WinTV Nova-T 500 MCE - [B]Keyboard[/B] - Dinovo Edge wireless keybard/touchpad It is set up at the mo running vista 32. It also has a wireless 360 gamepad and a MCE remote (which I havent installed yet. Even though I built this system a week or so ago would it be worth putting this into the ongoing HTPC section??? The reason that I am posting here is that I am new and looking to Media portal for the front end. One thing that I MUST be able to do is to play games right from media portal. Can this be done??? The reason that I ask is that these days, even to run the original without having to dig the cd/dvd out is very cumbersome. After installing a game you then have to create an image of the disc, then mount that in demon tools etc and then hide the virtual drive to get it to work. Can media portal be programed to do all those functions without having to do it all manually. Please don't turn this into a pirated copy thread as this is the method you HAVE to do if you don't want to keep on having to put the discs in the drive all the time!!! Cant wait to get everything configured though :D Just need to finish my front room now to put it all in lol Any help or info appreciated Kev [/QUOTE]

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