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<blockquote data-quote="Lupismaximus" data-source="post: 407412" data-attributes="member: 90620">Thank you for your responses.&nbsp; Definitely some food for thought.&nbsp; Like you folks mentioned, I have decided to go with the E8500 processor due to the lower power and lower heat.&nbsp; I will have to think about your suggestion regarding the HD. I still think I need the 1TB+ for movie content, and then maybe for the OS and other content I should go with a second drive.&nbsp; Hmm, decisions.To address some of the questions, I will be connecting the HTPC, via HDMI, to my 60&quot; Sony LCOS XBR2 1080P television.&nbsp; The only 1080P content I will be watching will be BR.&nbsp; All movie content will be 720P, and TV content will be either 720P or 1080i.&nbsp; I am still trying to integrate a player for MP that will do good quality 1080P software up conversion.&nbsp; In the future, I will have my receiver do this via hardware, but for now, I only have my receiver processing audio via Optical cable, and have my HDMI cable going strait to the TV.I am not looking to produce a very powerful gaming rig, because I have that with my main computer. (Intel 3GB Quad, 4 GB DDR3 1600, WD Raptor drive, Nvidia 9800 gx2, etc.)&nbsp; I want a system that is quite and get's the job done.&nbsp; I plan to offload as much as I can to the MGPU for video processing of content.&nbsp; From my understanding, there should be no issues with the motherboard I am chosing in regards to this.&nbsp; I am sure if I tried to play something like Crysis on Very High, it would choke the box, but since my main focus is HTPC, I should be fine.&lt;MOAB&gt;&nbsp; It seems that it is almost impossible to get completely off of cable in order to make this solution Wife friendly.&nbsp; I was going to try to drop cable, but with the thought that my wife would be able to watch majority of the channels she needs via the installed HD antenna.&nbsp; I have high hopes for OTA reception, and I might be seriously be disappointed after I set everything up.&nbsp; If everything does work out, then this method should help with the spontaneous live TV channel surfing, while still provide me with a means to capture HDTV from the main local channels.&nbsp; The next hurdle to overcome is the extended cable channels like, CNN, Nicolodian, Bravo, TNT, Discovery, MTV, etc.&nbsp; I could use the IPTV solutions out there, and plan to, but my feelings about those services is that the quality of the picture is horrible.&nbsp; I could use TED to capture these shows, but again, I won't always be able to find HD content.&nbsp; Any suggestions would be great.Finally, what keyboards are you folks using?&nbsp; Thank you for your feedback thus far, and I welcome anything else or any foreseeable challenges/ limitations you can think of that MP might produce based on my requirements.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lupismaximus, post: 407412, member: 90620"] Thank you for your responses. Definitely some food for thought. Like you folks mentioned, I have decided to go with the E8500 processor due to the lower power and lower heat. I will have to think about your suggestion regarding the HD. I still think I need the 1TB+ for movie content, and then maybe for the OS and other content I should go with a second drive. Hmm, decisions. To address some of the questions, I will be connecting the HTPC, via HDMI, to my 60" Sony LCOS XBR2 1080P television. The only 1080P content I will be watching will be BR. All movie content will be 720P, and TV content will be either 720P or 1080i. I am still trying to integrate a player for MP that will do good quality 1080P software up conversion. In the future, I will have my receiver do this via hardware, but for now, I only have my receiver processing audio via Optical cable, and have my HDMI cable going strait to the TV. I am not looking to produce a very powerful gaming rig, because I have that with my main computer. (Intel 3GB Quad, 4 GB DDR3 1600, WD Raptor drive, Nvidia 9800 gx2, etc.) I want a system that is quite and get's the job done. I plan to offload as much as I can to the MGPU for video processing of content. From my understanding, there should be no issues with the motherboard I am chosing in regards to this. I am sure if I tried to play something like Crysis on Very High, it would choke the box, but since my main focus is HTPC, I should be fine. <MOAB> It seems that it is almost impossible to get completely off of cable in order to make this solution Wife friendly. I was going to try to drop cable, but with the thought that my wife would be able to watch majority of the channels she needs via the installed HD antenna. I have high hopes for OTA reception, and I might be seriously be disappointed after I set everything up. If everything does work out, then this method should help with the spontaneous live TV channel surfing, while still provide me with a means to capture HDTV from the main local channels. The next hurdle to overcome is the extended cable channels like, CNN, Nicolodian, Bravo, TNT, Discovery, MTV, etc. I could use the IPTV solutions out there, and plan to, but my feelings about those services is that the quality of the picture is horrible. I could use TED to capture these shows, but again, I won't always be able to find HD content. Any suggestions would be great. Finally, what keyboards are you folks using? Thank you for your feedback thus far, and I welcome anything else or any foreseeable challenges/ limitations you can think of that MP might produce based on my requirements. [/QUOTE]

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