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<blockquote data-quote="jellybeard999" data-source="post: 181452" data-attributes="member: 15498">[*]Do you think this configuration will give me a smooth MediaCenter experience?Yes, it will be smooth[*]From your experience, will HDD space be enough? And is it well divided? Please note that I don't plan to have any media (videos, pictures, music, ...) files on this machine. Everything will be read from a network share over ethernet on a huge storage space on my other PC.Yes, if you dont plan to store much media on this pc[*]Will I loose any quality on TV as compared if the cable was directly connected to the TV?Shouldn't do[*]With this specs, do you guys think that I can later have a HD-DVD or BlueRay drive and have a smooth playback?No, you'll probably need a dual core chip to have smooth playback.- I've got a ATI 9200 SE 128Mb graphic card that I was thinking of usinf instead of the 512Mb mentioned above... Wil this make a big difference? Will I loose image quality? I ask this becaus this 128Mb card has passive cooling and the other doesn't...Either would be fine, but I'd keep the 7300GT, as you can take better advantage of the nVidia PureVideo decoder.Sorry, I'm unable to help with the rest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jellybeard999, post: 181452, member: 15498"] [*]Do you think this configuration will give me a smooth MediaCenter experience? Yes, it will be smooth [*]From your experience, will HDD space be enough? And is it well divided? Please note that I don't plan to have any media (videos, pictures, music, ...) files on this machine. Everything will be read from a network share over ethernet on a huge storage space on my other PC. Yes, if you dont plan to store much media on this pc [*]Will I loose any quality on TV as compared if the cable was directly connected to the TV? Shouldn't do [*]With this specs, do you guys think that I can later have a HD-DVD or BlueRay drive and have a smooth playback? No, you'll probably need a dual core chip to have smooth playback. - I've got a ATI 9200 SE 128Mb graphic card that I was thinking of usinf instead of the 512Mb mentioned above... Wil this make a big difference? Will I loose image quality? I ask this becaus this 128Mb card has passive cooling and the other doesn't... Either would be fine, but I'd keep the 7300GT, as you can take better advantage of the nVidia PureVideo decoder. Sorry, I'm unable to help with the rest. [/QUOTE]

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