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<blockquote data-quote="montecristo" data-source="post: 491608" data-attributes="member: 75971"><p>hi guys,</p><p></p><p>i'm in the planning stage of building me a second HTPC.</p><p>my first one i build 11 months ago. it's working very well but i think i did some serious overkill at the time (spend a lot of money on it and it is way too noisy).</p><p></p><p>thats were i need your help for the second one.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">what do i want to reach for my second HTPC?:</span></p><p>-no noise at all (passively cooled)</p><p>-no overkill</p><p>-as cheap as possible</p><p>-the case i will design and build myself</p><p>-must be able to playback full HD blu ray without any problems or delays</p><p>-must be very fast (i don't want to wait a minute to load)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">what parts have i chosen so far?:</span></p><p>-INTEL DG45FC mini ITX motherboard (€125)</p><p>-INTEL core 2 duo E7400 processor (€105)</p><p>-asus triton 75 processor cooling (passively) (€25)</p><p>-GEIL 2GB DDR 2-800 Retail, GX22GB6400LX memory (€29)</p><p>-LG CH08LS10 blu ray drive (€99)</p><p>-SILVERSTONE nightjar ST30NF,fanless 300W PSU (€129)</p><p>-SEAGATE 250GB ST3250410AS HDD (for OS and software only) (€49)</p><p>-samsung 1TB HD103UJ HDD (2X with option of a 3th and 4th one) (€75)</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">remarks:</span></p><p>i will take the harddrives from my other HTPC for cutting costs and to test this new HTPC first. that will be 1 seagate 250GB and 2 samsung 1TB drives.</p><p>i do want to add another 2 1TB drives in the future as my current data drives are already almost full.</p><p>now that i think of it, i might as well take the memory and bluray drive from the old one just for testing the new one. that saves me another few €.</p><p>in the old one i have the famous LG bluray and 4GB memory. i've also been thinking of buying a slim bluray but it costs more and it reads only at 2X and i don't know if that is good enough for playback.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">questions:</span></p><p>- can the PSU handle all this?</p><p>- can the CPU handle all this, or is it overkill?</p><p>-what about the integrated video (hdmi) on the MB, is it any good, can it playback bluray HD without any problem or stutter (i want a really good picture quality for DVD and bluray)</p><p>- the optical audio output, is the sound quality good and powerfull (i don't want to cranck the amp all the way up to hear something)? can i play besides dolby also DTS and other (HD) audio tracks?</p><p></p><p></p><p>if any remarks or sugesstions please let me know.</p><p>i want to start this as soon as possible. i'm out of the country in a few weeks and won't be back somewhere in november.</p><p>i don't wanna wait that long to get started.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>yours,</p><p></p><p>montecristo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="montecristo, post: 491608, member: 75971"] hi guys, i'm in the planning stage of building me a second HTPC. my first one i build 11 months ago. it's working very well but i think i did some serious overkill at the time (spend a lot of money on it and it is way too noisy). thats were i need your help for the second one. [COLOR="Red"]what do i want to reach for my second HTPC?:[/COLOR] -no noise at all (passively cooled) -no overkill -as cheap as possible -the case i will design and build myself -must be able to playback full HD blu ray without any problems or delays -must be very fast (i don't want to wait a minute to load) [COLOR="red"]what parts have i chosen so far?:[/COLOR] -INTEL DG45FC mini ITX motherboard (€125) -INTEL core 2 duo E7400 processor (€105) -asus triton 75 processor cooling (passively) (€25) -GEIL 2GB DDR 2-800 Retail, GX22GB6400LX memory (€29) -LG CH08LS10 blu ray drive (€99) -SILVERSTONE nightjar ST30NF,fanless 300W PSU (€129) -SEAGATE 250GB ST3250410AS HDD (for OS and software only) (€49) -samsung 1TB HD103UJ HDD (2X with option of a 3th and 4th one) (€75) [COLOR="red"]remarks:[/COLOR] i will take the harddrives from my other HTPC for cutting costs and to test this new HTPC first. that will be 1 seagate 250GB and 2 samsung 1TB drives. i do want to add another 2 1TB drives in the future as my current data drives are already almost full. now that i think of it, i might as well take the memory and bluray drive from the old one just for testing the new one. that saves me another few €. in the old one i have the famous LG bluray and 4GB memory. i've also been thinking of buying a slim bluray but it costs more and it reads only at 2X and i don't know if that is good enough for playback. [COLOR="red"]questions:[/COLOR] - can the PSU handle all this? - can the CPU handle all this, or is it overkill? -what about the integrated video (hdmi) on the MB, is it any good, can it playback bluray HD without any problem or stutter (i want a really good picture quality for DVD and bluray) - the optical audio output, is the sound quality good and powerfull (i don't want to cranck the amp all the way up to hear something)? can i play besides dolby also DTS and other (HD) audio tracks? if any remarks or sugesstions please let me know. i want to start this as soon as possible. i'm out of the country in a few weeks and won't be back somewhere in november. i don't wanna wait that long to get started. yours, montecristo [/QUOTE]
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