Need advice with this setup (1 Viewer)

[stevenr]

Prices are in AU$:

ProductCode Description Price(Inc.GST) QTY Total Action PD00004029 CPU AMD Sempron 3300+ Box ( E6 ) Socket 754 http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00004029 $88.00

PD00003004 Desktop DDR Ram Corsair-Value Select 512MB PC3200 400MHz (VS512MB400) CL2.5 http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00003004 $74.00

PD00004021 MotherBoard AMD S754 ASUS K8V-XE (PCI-e/DDR/SATA300/Lan/6Ch) http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00004021 $66.00

PD00003892 3.5" HDD SATA-300 Seagate 320GB 7200rpm 16MB (ST3320620AS) http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00003892 $154.00

PD00003664 Video Card PCI-e (NVIDIA) Sparkle 7300GS 256MB (550MHz Core/1000MHz Memory/DDR2) http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00003664 $86.00

D-TV-USB2-Delux Leadtek TV Box, TV USB II Deluxe, TV/Capture/FM, USB Hub
http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_D-TV-USB...x_TV_USB_II_Deluxe_TV_Capture_FM_USB_Hub.html $140.80

Media Portal $0.00

Total: AU$565.80



I need to know if this will work with mediaportal.

My budget is AU$550.

I need a SD tuner and composite output.

Also need ideas for a case, I will post measurements soon.

Reviews and Rants about the hardware is much welcomed.

 

[Bram]

It will work fine, but I wouldn't choose a S754 (altough I have one myself). It would be wiser to buy a s939 with pci-e

 

[stevenr]

It will work fine, but I wouldn't choose a S754 (altough I have one myself). It would be wiser to buy a s939 with pci-e

Why, so it supports AM2?

Also I have a SD tv. How would I connect my HTPC to it?
I know composite output is one option, but is there more?

 

[Efros]

I think the recommendation for 939 is to allow a better upgrade path in the future.

 

[stevenr]

What keyboard/remote do you recommend?

 

[Bram]

A AM2 motherboard and processor is even better. It won't cost very much extra and is a lot faster. On a S754 motherboard the memorycontroller is in the CPU. This means you can't have dual channel memory and the bandwith is shared with the processor. S939 significantly is faster and AM2 is a little faster then S939. Speed also depends on what processor and how much memory you choose to buy. The faster the better. 1GB RAM is recomendable (although it will run fairly good with 512MB). HD movies will minimaly need a 2GHz processor for a good framerate.

I think you'll regret not buying a faster motherboard for almost the same price within half a year.... If you choose to buy S754. You'll probebly want to keep up with the developmentrate of MP the comming year

If you are looking for the best price/quality rate when buying a remote control....there is only one option.......the Microsoft MCE remote. There are no better remotes for that price.
I don't use a keyboard with MP, so I can't advise you on that. The remote offers me all I need for now.