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<blockquote data-quote="crimz" data-source="post: 643428" data-attributes="member: 57050"><p>Sawatdee </p><p></p><p>I would highly recommend you to reconsider your choice about radeon and ati/amd products. Because its mainly just some piece of shit. The reason you should stay away is crappy drivers, and faulty hardware. Most problems that will affect htpc use is hopefully solved now, but...</p><p></p><p>What i really would recommend you is an i3 or i5 with integrated graphics. You doesent need anything more then an i3, but theres a few nice features regarding i5-650 with Q57 chipset, like <a href="http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert/blog/2010/02/04/intel-amt-60-new-features" target="_blank">vPro/amt 6</a>... Have in mind that if you are not satisfied with quality of intel graphics, you can easily change... </p><p></p><p>If you using a i3/5 system, you do not need to buy any fancy fans or such... standard cooler is enough and silent. (Just change settings in bios for fan)</p><p></p><p>You probably need to play more with settings if you choose intel, but that is not a show stopper, your screen does not turn green after 20 minutes, or your sound suddenly disappear... Like radeon...</p><p></p><p>What satelite provider do you use? I know that Thaicom using standard <a href="http://www.thaicom.net/Publication/THAICOM%20Publication/Brochure_Video%20Product.pdf" target="_blank">DVB-S/Mpeg2</a>.. Which means that you probably can use whatever you want... I think hauppauge is easy to get in pantip plaza.. Buy something that is supported in mediaportal <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>iMon is bad... best you can use is ms mce..</p><p></p><p>Touchscreen for mp is not mature enough. Fun the first 2 weeks, after that its just anoying when you watching movies. I have disconnected the whole touchscreen, and looking for a new case, with less fancy light and disturbance (MP hasnt native support for touchscreens, you have to use imon drivers in combination with a plugin, which for me where to unstable) Have in mind that touchscreens makes more heat...</p><p></p><p>Playing DVD/BD i would look into anydvd... there is also a nice <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/bluray-handler-0-9-3-beta-81068/" target="_blank">plugin</a> for playing bluray movies...</p><p></p><p>If i where you i would buy a system with:</p><p>Intel i5-650 or i3-540</p><p>Mainboard with Q57 chipset or H55 with an i3</p><p>4gb ram</p><p>a less fancy case</p><p>silent modular psu, less then 500w, im not sure if i would go for a totally passive psu in Thailand...</p><p></p><p>If you are left handed, dinovo edge is really bad... Fancy but not a good keyboard...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crimz, post: 643428, member: 57050"] Sawatdee I would highly recommend you to reconsider your choice about radeon and ati/amd products. Because its mainly just some piece of shit. The reason you should stay away is crappy drivers, and faulty hardware. Most problems that will affect htpc use is hopefully solved now, but... What i really would recommend you is an i3 or i5 with integrated graphics. You doesent need anything more then an i3, but theres a few nice features regarding i5-650 with Q57 chipset, like [URL="http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert/blog/2010/02/04/intel-amt-60-new-features"]vPro/amt 6[/URL]... Have in mind that if you are not satisfied with quality of intel graphics, you can easily change... If you using a i3/5 system, you do not need to buy any fancy fans or such... standard cooler is enough and silent. (Just change settings in bios for fan) You probably need to play more with settings if you choose intel, but that is not a show stopper, your screen does not turn green after 20 minutes, or your sound suddenly disappear... Like radeon... What satelite provider do you use? I know that Thaicom using standard [URL="http://www.thaicom.net/Publication/THAICOM%20Publication/Brochure_Video%20Product.pdf"]DVB-S/Mpeg2[/URL].. Which means that you probably can use whatever you want... I think hauppauge is easy to get in pantip plaza.. Buy something that is supported in mediaportal ;) iMon is bad... best you can use is ms mce.. Touchscreen for mp is not mature enough. Fun the first 2 weeks, after that its just anoying when you watching movies. I have disconnected the whole touchscreen, and looking for a new case, with less fancy light and disturbance (MP hasnt native support for touchscreens, you have to use imon drivers in combination with a plugin, which for me where to unstable) Have in mind that touchscreens makes more heat... Playing DVD/BD i would look into anydvd... there is also a nice [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/bluray-handler-0-9-3-beta-81068/"]plugin[/URL] for playing bluray movies... If i where you i would buy a system with: Intel i5-650 or i3-540 Mainboard with Q57 chipset or H55 with an i3 4gb ram a less fancy case silent modular psu, less then 500w, im not sure if i would go for a totally passive psu in Thailand... If you are left handed, dinovo edge is really bad... Fancy but not a good keyboard... [/QUOTE]
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