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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 228035" data-attributes="member: 65661">OKay... you sold me on the 8500gt... I do have a 60 MB laptop drive sitting around... I could throw that one in for the system and app drive. Would need to get an adapter cable for it.I will probably take your advice in the PVR-150 as well.Currently, I'm running an older PC... that has been struck at least once by lightening! For now, it has been reasonable for just playing music into my surround receiver. It would not hold up to video... not even SD ... and I don't expect it to live much longer. Since the US is dropping analog broadcast next year, I thought that upgrading to an HTPC now is in order. We also have grandkids... so I will need to build a kid-friendly client in the playroom eventually. I am by nature, a minimalist, and if I can 'get by' with the absolute minimum, I will try... but this new system is going to have to last a while, and be flexible enough to adapt to future changing conditions. I'm not a gamer, and at my age am not inspired to do a lot of work to get things up and running (alright... I am inspired enough to build my own PC). The wife is much more practical than I am.. things should work as advertised &quot;out of the box&quot; ... so the WAF rating needs to be kept high. Chuck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 228035, member: 65661"] OKay... you sold me on the 8500gt... I do have a 60 MB laptop drive sitting around... I could throw that one in for the system and app drive. Would need to get an adapter cable for it. I will probably take your advice in the PVR-150 as well. Currently, I'm running an older PC... that has been struck at least once by lightening! For now, it has been reasonable for just playing music into my surround receiver. It would not hold up to video... not even SD ... and I don't expect it to live much longer. Since the US is dropping analog broadcast next year, I thought that upgrading to an HTPC now is in order. We also have grandkids... so I will need to build a kid-friendly client in the playroom eventually. I am by nature, a minimalist, and if I can 'get by' with the absolute minimum, I will try... but this new system is going to have to last a while, and be flexible enough to adapt to future changing conditions. I'm not a gamer, and at my age am not inspired to do a lot of work to get things up and running (alright... I am inspired enough to build my own PC). The wife is much more practical than I am.. things should work as advertised "out of the box" ... so the WAF rating needs to be kept high. Chuck [/QUOTE]

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