My second build:
Origen ae H6 € 199,00
MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G) € 75,00
AMD A64 X2 AM2 2700BOX5200+ 1MB € 75,00
Syche Ninja Mini € 35,00 DOES NOT FIT!!
Geheugen 2x Transcend 1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC6400 € 41,00
Sharkoon SHA350-8P PSU € 29,00
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic € 70,00
Samsung 250GB SATA300 8MB, HD250HJ € 41,00
WD500GB SATA300 16MB, WD5000AACS € 67,00
DVD drive Samsung DVD-/+/RAM SH-S202J 20x/20x/12x Bulk € 21,50
Total € 681,00
1) Arrival:
Al produducts came in nice packaging and nothing was damaged... So far so good!
2) The case:
What can I say, the looks are great (like all OrigenAE stuff) and everything is nicely put together.
You get alot of crews, some cable holders, a metal front for the DVD slot and a MCE Remote with OrigenAE on it (nice little touch)
Problems:
- No manual! I have to download and print it form the OrigenAE website! Very dissapointing for a 200 euro case!
3) Components:
I went for the MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G) to have no need for a graphic card, and it is the most popular MB now, so it seems a good choice.
The rest is focused on low power and noise, im quite happy with my choices, exept for:
- OOPS The Syche Ninja Mini is not 'Mini' at all! This one does NOT fit this case! (will use it in a other build I guess)
4) The build:
I wanted a nice fast and clean build so I waited till I had all components together and told my cats and girlfriend to stay away for 2 hours or so....
Problems:
- the HDD- and DVD tray is very hard to remove/install. The screws are located very low in a narrow part of the case (pic is coming). Get a long screwdriver with magnetic top or you will be very frustrated building this case!
- Install the VF110 (Display and IR Receiver) FIRST! I realized thet I needed to use the USB cable too a bit late, after I nstalled the DVD tray. (Had to do the difficult bit twice )
- The optical drive placing (inside the DVD tray) has to be very exact for the open/close button to work. To place it, the DVD tray has to be removed (did I mention this was hard?)
Messy cables:
A little better:
5) The Install:
Software:
Vista Home Basic
Media Portal RC1
SVN-Snapshot:-06-13-2008 23-32h - Revision:19376
ATI Catalyst 8.6
PowerDVD Ultra 8 (buy it, its good )
Haali Media Splitter
FFDShow Tryout
Quicktime Alternative Lite Real Alternative
VSFilter
FLV Splitter
IR Trans Software
CybrDisplay External Status (put in Plugins/Progress!)
Plugins:
Mptray4Irtrans
CybrDisplay External Status
My TVSeries SVN
Media Slayer
My Lyrics
Last.fm
UitzendingGemist.nl
Installation:
- Codec's I used Goose's codec guide
- PowerDVD: checked DVXA in the video settings.
- Deamon tools: Disabled Secure Mode
- IR Trans Software: follow Install, PC startup and MCE Remote setup
- CybrDisplay External Status: config under processes, set IRTrans V1.0 and USB.
- Mptray4Irtrans to startup with Green MCE button (put a link in the windows startupfolder)
6) The first test:
GREAT everything plays and runs:
DivX nice with FFDShow upscaling
ISO and Video_TS play well with deamonTools and FFDShow Upscaling, DTS audio when avalible
.MKV and Blue-Ray Rips run fine, did not etst the CPU% yet but no jutters at all with Planet Earth or Star Wars 1080P..
Icons and FanArt works great!
It is quiet as a mouse..
Did not test the temp yet...
TODO:
- Buy a remote or keyboard with mouse function for simple file management (anybody got nice suggestions?)
- Install 3 skins (Aeon, Monochrome and X-face) for easy changing
- Set startup and hybernate settings for MCE remote for complete usage without keyboard/mouse
- Setup ripping plugin for music and DVD's
- Change Windows startupscreen and wallpaper
- Setup Emulators
Problems:
- Make ISO rips by Media Slayer have OSD info (if anybody know please let me know! topic here)
- Start button on MCE Remote makes the screen toggle from fullscreen/window.
I can't seem to turn this off! It is couse by the IRTrans software i think, becouse the normal 'home' function also works...
Anybody got any idea?
FIXED!
simply edit the apps.cfg from irtrans/remote folder and delete the EHOME related line:
Origen ae H6 € 199,00
MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G) € 75,00
AMD A64 X2 AM2 2700BOX5200+ 1MB € 75,00
Syche Ninja Mini € 35,00 DOES NOT FIT!!
Geheugen 2x Transcend 1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC6400 € 41,00
Sharkoon SHA350-8P PSU € 29,00
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic € 70,00
Samsung 250GB SATA300 8MB, HD250HJ € 41,00
WD500GB SATA300 16MB, WD5000AACS € 67,00
DVD drive Samsung DVD-/+/RAM SH-S202J 20x/20x/12x Bulk € 21,50
Total € 681,00
1) Arrival:
Al produducts came in nice packaging and nothing was damaged... So far so good!
2) The case:
What can I say, the looks are great (like all OrigenAE stuff) and everything is nicely put together.
You get alot of crews, some cable holders, a metal front for the DVD slot and a MCE Remote with OrigenAE on it (nice little touch)
Problems:
- No manual! I have to download and print it form the OrigenAE website! Very dissapointing for a 200 euro case!
3) Components:
I went for the MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G) to have no need for a graphic card, and it is the most popular MB now, so it seems a good choice.
The rest is focused on low power and noise, im quite happy with my choices, exept for:
- OOPS The Syche Ninja Mini is not 'Mini' at all! This one does NOT fit this case! (will use it in a other build I guess)
4) The build:
I wanted a nice fast and clean build so I waited till I had all components together and told my cats and girlfriend to stay away for 2 hours or so....
Problems:
- the HDD- and DVD tray is very hard to remove/install. The screws are located very low in a narrow part of the case (pic is coming). Get a long screwdriver with magnetic top or you will be very frustrated building this case!
- Install the VF110 (Display and IR Receiver) FIRST! I realized thet I needed to use the USB cable too a bit late, after I nstalled the DVD tray. (Had to do the difficult bit twice )
- The optical drive placing (inside the DVD tray) has to be very exact for the open/close button to work. To place it, the DVD tray has to be removed (did I mention this was hard?)
Messy cables:
A little better:
5) The Install:
Software:
Vista Home Basic
Media Portal RC1
SVN-Snapshot:-06-13-2008 23-32h - Revision:19376
ATI Catalyst 8.6
PowerDVD Ultra 8 (buy it, its good )
Haali Media Splitter
FFDShow Tryout
Quicktime Alternative Lite Real Alternative
VSFilter
FLV Splitter
IR Trans Software
CybrDisplay External Status (put in Plugins/Progress!)
Plugins:
Mptray4Irtrans
CybrDisplay External Status
My TVSeries SVN
Media Slayer
My Lyrics
Last.fm
UitzendingGemist.nl
Installation:
- Codec's I used Goose's codec guide
- PowerDVD: checked DVXA in the video settings.
- Deamon tools: Disabled Secure Mode
- IR Trans Software: follow Install, PC startup and MCE Remote setup
- CybrDisplay External Status: config under processes, set IRTrans V1.0 and USB.
- Mptray4Irtrans to startup with Green MCE button (put a link in the windows startupfolder)
6) The first test:
GREAT everything plays and runs:
DivX nice with FFDShow upscaling
ISO and Video_TS play well with deamonTools and FFDShow Upscaling, DTS audio when avalible
.MKV and Blue-Ray Rips run fine, did not etst the CPU% yet but no jutters at all with Planet Earth or Star Wars 1080P..
Icons and FanArt works great!
It is quiet as a mouse..
Did not test the temp yet...
TODO:
- Buy a remote or keyboard with mouse function for simple file management (anybody got nice suggestions?)
- Install 3 skins (Aeon, Monochrome and X-face) for easy changing
- Set startup and hybernate settings for MCE remote for complete usage without keyboard/mouse
- Setup ripping plugin for music and DVD's
- Change Windows startupscreen and wallpaper
- Setup Emulators
Problems:
- Make ISO rips by Media Slayer have OSD info (if anybody know please let me know! topic here)
- Start button on MCE Remote makes the screen toggle from fullscreen/window.
I can't seem to turn this off! It is couse by the IRTrans software i think, becouse the normal 'home' function also works...
Anybody got any idea?
FIXED!
simply edit the apps.cfg from irtrans/remote folder and delete the EHOME related line:
Code:
[APP]MEDIACENTER
[ACTIVE]
[APPNAME]%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehshell.exe
[CLASSNAME]eHome Render Window
[TYPE]MCE
[REMOTE]mediacenter
[COMMANDS]
[b]EHOME [FNC]HOME[/b] REMOVE THIS LINE!!!
PLAY [FNC]PLAY
STOP [FNC]STOP
REC [FNC]REC