Completed My htpc build (1 Viewer)

[ryan20021982]

Here is my htpc I am very happy with it
Plays everything I have tried all the way up to full 1080p without a prob
I know wires are a mess in pics, that was right after building it I cleaned em up since


Specs
BLACK ALUMINUM HTPC MEDIA CENTER MCE303 CASE
BIOSTAR TForce TF7050-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV HDMI Micro ATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Sunbeam Hush 580W Power Supply
ZALMAN CNPS8700 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Super Talent 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800
3 x Maxtor Ultra 16 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA
2 x Samsung Spinpoint 750GB 32MB Cache 7200RPM SATA(Total 3TB)
Lite-On DVD Rom(Soon to be LG Bluray/HD-DVD Rom)
Microsoft Black IR Wireless Slim 3-in-1Keyboard
Microsoft IR MCE Remote
Windows Vista with Media Portal installed of course

Still need to get a tuner, still deciding on one

Note: pics are when I finished it, the 2 750gb hdds were added later(took some custom mods...lol)

Last pic is of the custom mounting of 4 of the drives, had to remove the stock hdd cage

 

[ThaClown]

Cool case! that one is new to me, very nice build. I never heard of Biostar, do you like the mobo?

 

[ryan20021982]

Yes actually I do, there not a top brand but it has some good features for the price and it has the audio over hdmi that I was looking for.
Installation went smooth and has been running fine ever since

I love the case comes with the display card reader ir receiver and remote here is the site for the case they have some full size ones too

Colorcase.com

Here are some stock pictures of mine really nice quality
http://htpc.mce701.com/info/mce303b.html

And here is there full size version with front touchscreen
http://htpc.mce701.com/info/mce701b.html

 

[ThaClown]

That looks quite amazing, with the dollar/euro as it is very cheap!

I read some very bad reviews online about the company... whats your experiance?

 

[seal]

did you tested H.264 acceleration - it is done by the VIDEO card? A buyed ASUS mobo with 7050PV but PureVideo HD was not working - i decided to change my mobo to Gigabyte with ATI RADEON HD3200 built on - WORKS PERFECTLY!

 

[ryan20021982]

That looks quite amazing, with the dollar/euro as it is very cheap!

I read some very bad reviews online about the company... whats your experiance?

I didnt have a problem at all with the company, I ordered my case from ebay but its
from the company just them selling on ebay there name on ebay is the company name
Colorcase. I ordered and it was here in a few days , really nice quality and comes with everything
you need to get it going