Hi All
Been thinking about this for a number of months now and I think I have decided on what to get. Can you guys have a quick look and give me ** thoughts.
Key Requirements:
Decent output to standard CRT 32" TV & LCD/PLASMA in the future
Capable of handling HD content
Dual Freeview Tuner for watching and recording at same time
Do all the nice fancy things like upscaling of DVDs etc
Optical Output for the sound to connect to my home cinema system
Be upgradable to handle any future requirements without having to rip out the motherboard.
Games might be a requirement in the future but isnt right now.
Basically be able to do everything you might want to do with a HTPC.
Must be compatable with MCE 2005 as well as MediaPortal.
My Spec:
CPU AMD 3200 OEM 64 bit
Case Silverstone LC10M
Motherboard ASUS A8R-MVP
TV Card Terratec 2400i DT MCE Edition
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Memory 2 x 512
Keyboard any cheap wireless
Mouse any cheap wireless
Remote Control Microsoft MCE Remote inc IR Reciver
HD Maxtor DiamondMax 200 Gig SATA II
Sound Card Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI 6 Chan. Digital in/out soundcard
DVD Re-Writer 16x
PSU Any Silent 600w
Heatsink Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (
WiFi Card Belkin Wireless Card
Total cost about £660
Cheers
Been thinking about this for a number of months now and I think I have decided on what to get. Can you guys have a quick look and give me ** thoughts.
Key Requirements:
Decent output to standard CRT 32" TV & LCD/PLASMA in the future
Capable of handling HD content
Dual Freeview Tuner for watching and recording at same time
Do all the nice fancy things like upscaling of DVDs etc
Optical Output for the sound to connect to my home cinema system
Be upgradable to handle any future requirements without having to rip out the motherboard.
Games might be a requirement in the future but isnt right now.
Basically be able to do everything you might want to do with a HTPC.
Must be compatable with MCE 2005 as well as MediaPortal.
My Spec:
CPU AMD 3200 OEM 64 bit
Case Silverstone LC10M
Motherboard ASUS A8R-MVP
TV Card Terratec 2400i DT MCE Edition
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Memory 2 x 512
Keyboard any cheap wireless
Mouse any cheap wireless
Remote Control Microsoft MCE Remote inc IR Reciver
HD Maxtor DiamondMax 200 Gig SATA II
Sound Card Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI 6 Chan. Digital in/out soundcard
DVD Re-Writer 16x
PSU Any Silent 600w
Heatsink Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (
WiFi Card Belkin Wireless Card
Total cost about £660
Cheers