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<blockquote data-quote="ejtje" data-source="post: 644051" data-attributes="member: 99987"><p>Dear all,</p><p></p><p>As you al know it is great to have al you media available in you living room. So last year I started playing with LinuxMCE on a old AMD athlon xp 1600+ system with a ATI radeon 9200 video card. Because a had absolute no idea of linux it has give me a lot of ... moments <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. Because I don't no anything about linux (read I can't install videocard drives <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />) i was looking for a media system that rust on XP. Some time later I readed some tread on the dutch site tweakers, where a guy was telling a lot of Mediaportal and i thought why don't give it a try...</p><p>But i still was using that really crapy hardware, so I couldn't play 720p vids. Only the avi vids did work after a lot of ... moment. Those "moments" where caused by crapy hardware a bad codecs etc... I have used that pc for just a few months, because it was make a lot of noise, it was slow and not stable enough. So i planned to buy new hardware for a dedicated HTPC system, but sadly I can't buy al the hardware at once. Therefor I'm reusing some hardware from a other pc.</p><p></p><p>The hardware that I will reuse during the first fase of my project:</p><p>CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+</p><p>CPU cooler: stock</p><p>PSU: Aopen (will at the specs later)</p><p>Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4</p><p>Ram: 3 x 256Mb DDR400</p><p>HDD: 1 x 160Gb (sata)</p><p></p><p>The new hardware that I will use during this project:</p><p>Case: Silverstone LC20B (without imon stuff <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>GPU: Sapphire HD5550 Ultimate</p><p>HDD: 2 x 2Tb (sata)</p><p>Ram: 1 x 1Gb DDR400</p><p></p><p>The hardware I will add during this project:</p><p>Remote: Logitech harmony one? or 700?</p><p>TV card: No idea yet</p><p>Cooler: At/replace coolers</p><p></p><p>The new hardware is current in order so I'm hoping that I can spent a few ours this weekend building the HTPC <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" /> I will post my progress here and the questions that will rise else where on this forum.</p><p></p><p>Before I start I want to say thanks to everyone that has helpt me with info.</p><p></p><p>Greetings E</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ejtje, post: 644051, member: 99987"] Dear all, As you al know it is great to have al you media available in you living room. So last year I started playing with LinuxMCE on a old AMD athlon xp 1600+ system with a ATI radeon 9200 video card. Because a had absolute no idea of linux it has give me a lot of ... moments ;). Because I don't no anything about linux (read I can't install videocard drives :S) i was looking for a media system that rust on XP. Some time later I readed some tread on the dutch site tweakers, where a guy was telling a lot of Mediaportal and i thought why don't give it a try... But i still was using that really crapy hardware, so I couldn't play 720p vids. Only the avi vids did work after a lot of ... moment. Those "moments" where caused by crapy hardware a bad codecs etc... I have used that pc for just a few months, because it was make a lot of noise, it was slow and not stable enough. So i planned to buy new hardware for a dedicated HTPC system, but sadly I can't buy al the hardware at once. Therefor I'm reusing some hardware from a other pc. The hardware that I will reuse during the first fase of my project: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU cooler: stock PSU: Aopen (will at the specs later) Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Ram: 3 x 256Mb DDR400 HDD: 1 x 160Gb (sata) The new hardware that I will use during this project: Case: Silverstone LC20B (without imon stuff :D) GPU: Sapphire HD5550 Ultimate HDD: 2 x 2Tb (sata) Ram: 1 x 1Gb DDR400 The hardware I will add during this project: Remote: Logitech harmony one? or 700? TV card: No idea yet Cooler: At/replace coolers The new hardware is current in order so I'm hoping that I can spent a few ours this weekend building the HTPC :D I will post my progress here and the questions that will rise else where on this forum. Before I start I want to say thanks to everyone that has helpt me with info. Greetings E [/QUOTE]
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