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<blockquote data-quote="MrBOFH" data-source="post: 423339" data-attributes="member: 92019"><p>Being on a budget and sacrificing estheatics over price and function.</p><p></p><p>Got myself a used Dell GX280 from a recycling company (retrobox.com is a pretty good source for this kinda hardware) It's a mini tower. Being an Optiplex enterprise type box, it's designed to run 24/7 reliably. </p><p></p><p>CPU: Pentium Dual core P4 2.8Ghz </p><p>Memory: 3Gb DDR2-800</p><p>HardDrive: 40Gb (OS) + 500GB (media) SATA drives </p><p>Optical: LG and Asus DVD RW+- drives</p><p>GPU: ATI HD 2600</p><p>TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600</p><p>Remote: hauppauge 45-button remote</p><p></p><p>OS: Win XP Pro SP3</p><p>MCE : Media Portal 1.02</p><p></p><p>Before MP I'd run stuff of the desktop using WInTV6 with Titan Remote scheduler and PowerDVD. Now it's integrated into MP and it makes it a lot easier.</p><p></p><p>Total cost (GX280 came with one DVD, 40GB HD and 2GB) $235</p><p>GX280 $90</p><p>HVR-1600 $50 after MIR</p><p>500GB HD $40 after MIR</p><p>1GB memory $10 after MIR</p><p>Asus DVD $20 </p><p>ATI 2600 $25 after MIR</p><p></p><p>Has been running for a year without any problems</p><p></p><p>Currently working on a replacement box as I found a really good deal on a CPU/HD/Mobo and upgraded my workstation. Leaving me with enough parts to bullt another budget system based on Win 7</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrBOFH, post: 423339, member: 92019"] Being on a budget and sacrificing estheatics over price and function. Got myself a used Dell GX280 from a recycling company (retrobox.com is a pretty good source for this kinda hardware) It's a mini tower. Being an Optiplex enterprise type box, it's designed to run 24/7 reliably. CPU: Pentium Dual core P4 2.8Ghz Memory: 3Gb DDR2-800 HardDrive: 40Gb (OS) + 500GB (media) SATA drives Optical: LG and Asus DVD RW+- drives GPU: ATI HD 2600 TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600 Remote: hauppauge 45-button remote OS: Win XP Pro SP3 MCE : Media Portal 1.02 Before MP I'd run stuff of the desktop using WInTV6 with Titan Remote scheduler and PowerDVD. Now it's integrated into MP and it makes it a lot easier. Total cost (GX280 came with one DVD, 40GB HD and 2GB) $235 GX280 $90 HVR-1600 $50 after MIR 500GB HD $40 after MIR 1GB memory $10 after MIR Asus DVD $20 ATI 2600 $25 after MIR Has been running for a year without any problems Currently working on a replacement box as I found a really good deal on a CPU/HD/Mobo and upgraded my workstation. Leaving me with enough parts to bullt another budget system based on Win 7 [/QUOTE]
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