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<blockquote data-quote="MJRL" data-source="post: 318786" data-attributes="member: 83725"><p>Hi i'm new here, and i've been using Media Portal for a couple of months, i have to congratulate this big comunity for this great free software, and the other members for the skin's plugin's etc.</p><p></p><p>Well first i was trying to build an HTPC to play games too, but i change my ideas and build only for movies, tv shows etc.</p><p>This is was the rig</p><p><img src="http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5153/dsc05515copyks7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>But this setup create a lot of heat, and with the heat cames the noise to dissipate de heat, and i dicided to separate my gaming rig from the HTPC.</p><p>So, some hardware stay and i build a ddr3 gaming rig.</p><p></p><p>Hardware</p><p><a href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=281" target="_blank">Zalman HD 160+ Silver</a> (I like the black more, but my AV system is silver)</p><p><a href="http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&model=2166&modelmenu=1" target="_blank">Motherboard Asus Maximus Formula II</a> this motherboard stay in the htpc cause the soundcard its good</p><p>Intel Core 2 Duo 6750</p><p><a href="http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_9200_reaper_hpc_edition" target="_blank">4x1Gb OCZ Reaper 9200</a></p><p><a href="http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/8series/8400GS.aspx" target="_blank">NVidia 8400 GS</a> 512 without fan</p><p>PSU Coolermaster 520w (I've changed the fan, and put a NB SX1, much more silent)</p><p><a href="http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/si-128_se/product_cpu_cooler_si128se.html?art=MTQyMywxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==" target="_blank">Cooler CPU Thermalright SI 128 SE</a></p><p><a href="http://www.arctic-cooling.com/fans2.php?idx=111" target="_blank">CPU cooler Fan Artic Cooling PWM</a> (choose this 4 pin cpu fan, to be controled by the bios at low speed)</p><p>1x Samsung 250 GB for OS and programs</p><p>2x2 Samsung 1TB for the rest (for now... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p>Asus DVDRW Sata (later a BD)</p><p>Card Reader</p><p>Keyboard MK Plus </p><p><img src="http://www.f13pc.com/imagens/produtos/MKPLUS_SLIM_MEDIA_CENTER.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><a href="http://www.sony.pt/product/t46-v-series/kdl-46v3000" target="_blank">LCD Sony KDL-46V3000</a> FHD</p><p><a href="http://baltimore.craigslist.org/pho/858347941.html" target="_blank">Receiver SONY STR DE685</a> (It's so old that was so hard to find in the internet...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-SA-VE535HS-Pascal-5-1-Speakers/dp/tech-data/B00006BCD2/ref=de_a_smtd/278-0293042-1414678" target="_blank">Speakers SA-VE535HS Pascal</a></p><p>For now i'm using an old creative speakers system until i made some reforms at home (hope in march).</p><p></p><p>Pics </p><p><a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05927di6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6712/dsc05927di6.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05934bn3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5995/dsc05934bn3.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05936jn4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1617/dsc05936jn4.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05938kq6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/651/dsc05938kq6.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05940nf2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1999/dsc05940nf2.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05958at9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2474/dsc05958at9.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05964gs6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8563/dsc05964gs6.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05966zv3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3003/dsc05966zv3.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img133.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05967ez9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1650/dsc05967ez9.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p>My gaming rig its also conected to the Sony Lcd, for playing some type of games, fps i like to play in the 22" lcd</p><p>Until march stays like this, my wife it's pregnant and for now i couldn't have the noise and dust of a reformation.</p><p></p><p>PS: Sorry for my bad English</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MJRL, post: 318786, member: 83725"] Hi i'm new here, and i've been using Media Portal for a couple of months, i have to congratulate this big comunity for this great free software, and the other members for the skin's plugin's etc. Well first i was trying to build an HTPC to play games too, but i change my ideas and build only for movies, tv shows etc. This is was the rig [IMG]http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5153/dsc05515copyks7.jpg[/IMG] But this setup create a lot of heat, and with the heat cames the noise to dissipate de heat, and i dicided to separate my gaming rig from the HTPC. So, some hardware stay and i build a ddr3 gaming rig. Hardware [URL="http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=281"]Zalman HD 160+ Silver[/URL] (I like the black more, but my AV system is silver) [URL="http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&model=2166&modelmenu=1"]Motherboard Asus Maximus Formula II[/URL] this motherboard stay in the htpc cause the soundcard its good Intel Core 2 Duo 6750 [URL="http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_9200_reaper_hpc_edition"]4x1Gb OCZ Reaper 9200[/URL] [URL="http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/8series/8400GS.aspx"]NVidia 8400 GS[/URL] 512 without fan PSU Coolermaster 520w (I've changed the fan, and put a NB SX1, much more silent) [URL="http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/si-128_se/product_cpu_cooler_si128se.html?art=MTQyMywxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA=="]Cooler CPU Thermalright SI 128 SE[/URL] [URL="http://www.arctic-cooling.com/fans2.php?idx=111"]CPU cooler Fan Artic Cooling PWM[/URL] (choose this 4 pin cpu fan, to be controled by the bios at low speed) 1x Samsung 250 GB for OS and programs 2x2 Samsung 1TB for the rest (for now... :D) Asus DVDRW Sata (later a BD) Card Reader Keyboard MK Plus [IMG]http://www.f13pc.com/imagens/produtos/MKPLUS_SLIM_MEDIA_CENTER.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.sony.pt/product/t46-v-series/kdl-46v3000"]LCD Sony KDL-46V3000[/URL] FHD [URL="http://baltimore.craigslist.org/pho/858347941.html"]Receiver SONY STR DE685[/URL] (It's so old that was so hard to find in the internet...:D) [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-SA-VE535HS-Pascal-5-1-Speakers/dp/tech-data/B00006BCD2/ref=de_a_smtd/278-0293042-1414678"]Speakers SA-VE535HS Pascal[/URL] For now i'm using an old creative speakers system until i made some reforms at home (hope in march). Pics [URL=http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05927di6.jpg][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6712/dsc05927di6.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05934bn3.jpg][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5995/dsc05934bn3.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05936jn4.jpg][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1617/dsc05936jn4.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05938kq6.jpg][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/651/dsc05938kq6.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05940nf2.jpg][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1999/dsc05940nf2.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05958at9.jpg][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2474/dsc05958at9.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05964gs6.jpg][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8563/dsc05964gs6.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img522.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05966zv3.jpg][IMG]http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3003/dsc05966zv3.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img133.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc05967ez9.jpg][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1650/dsc05967ez9.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php][IMG]http://img185.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif[/IMG][/URL] My gaming rig its also conected to the Sony Lcd, for playing some type of games, fps i like to play in the 22" lcd Until march stays like this, my wife it's pregnant and for now i couldn't have the noise and dust of a reformation. PS: Sorry for my bad English [/QUOTE]
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