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[jerbob92]

Sorry wrong section! Can somebody please put it in Ongoing HTPC Projects

Well since i almost have the money and i now have a crappy thing wich take like 5 minutes to load a movie...
I have made a new list and included a picture of how it looks now

Note: I already got the harddisk!
Any suggestions?

How it looks now:

I know it looks crappy

I was just doing something with it that's why it's on the ground(open)

Edit made the pic some smaller

 

[DJBlu]

I'd get the ATI HD3450 or a HD2600 as the shaders on the 2400 aren't up to handling 1080i de-interlacing.

Infact just seen the motherboard. You won't need a graphics card at all as there is a HD3200 onboard.

 

[jerbob92]

Thnx for saying that, just saved me 27 euro

I have a few questions:
A good media keyboard(wireless)
Is the processor powerfull enough?
Do i need a CAM module with the TechnoTrend DVB-T? (found the answer on their site: Pay-TV via integrated Common Interface possible (Common Access Modul neccessary) But the CAM module was already on my list)
Is the memory good enough?
Is the onboard graphics card on the motherboard good enough?
Will the hdmi give better quality then the dvi?

Edit: Just updated the list

Oh btw, the amplifier is a Luxman A-383 with 2 Mission M73i Speakers and 2 Sony SS-EX 55!

 

[armandp]

- CPU: Change from BE-2350 to 4850e if you don't want to worry about CPU power.. it's even more efficient too!
- Keyboard: Media-tech Rimini or the Trust vista remote keyboard kb-2950 (ya i know it's Trust but the keyboard looks good and works fine)
- Onboard GPU is great!
- Memory: i'd go with PC6400 800Mhz 2GB or 4GB dual channel kit.. (you have to give some of the memory to the onboard GPU)
- Just use HDMI (image quality is better/equal to DVI- so they say, but HDMI does also give you sound)

(btw check my setup for other ideas and possible problems - because it's quite similar, see signature)

 

[jerbob92]

- CPU: Change from BE-2350 to 4850e if you don't want to worry about CPU power.. it's even more efficient too!
- Keyboard: Media-tech Rimini or the Trust vista remote keyboard kb-2950 (ya i know it's Trust but the keyboard looks good and works fine)
- Onboard GPU is great!
- Memory: i'd go with PC6400 800Mhz 2GB or 4GB dual channel kit.. (you have to give some of the memory to the onboard GPU)
- Just use HDMI (image quality is better/equal to DVI- so they say, but HDMI does also give you sound)

(btw check my setup for other ideas and possible problems - because it's quite similar, see signature)

-CPU: will read some reviews about 4850!
-Keyboard: I think this will be the one then: Trust Toetsenbord Wireless Media Center KB-2950
-Will use the onboard GPU if it plays HD(don't know if i'm going to use it but still)
-Memory: Will use 800Mhz but do i really need 4 gb? Because xp still only takes around 3 Gb
-I will use HDMI especially with a 42" it will be better quality

One last question: Does digitenne have the quality for a 42"?

Updated the pics with new products

 

[armandp]

- the 4850e seems to be the perfect mate for this particular motherboard. but you can OC the 2350 to be powerfull enough.
- Don't know anything about Digitenne sorry.
- About the memory, it's a personal thing.. but keep in mind that you have to give 128-512MB to the GPU so that will leave 1,5-1,8GB for the OS
- THe onboard GPU can handle HD perfectly (= DXVA/hardware acceleration) regardless of cpu - so no problems with HDTV, Blue-ray/HDDVD but for some situations like using a post-processing filter (ie. DirectVobsub) DXVA isn't possible (yet) so it will use your CPU power then (in case of x264 rips)

 

[jerbob92]

- the 4850e seems to be the perfect mate for this particular motherboard. but you can OC the 2350 to be powerfull enough.
- Don't know anything about Digitenne sorry.
- About the memory, it's a personal thing.. but keep in mind that you have to give 128-512MB to the GPU so that will leave 1,5-1,8GB for the OS
- THe onboard GPU can handle HD perfectly (= DXVA/hardware acceleration) regardless of cpu - so no problems with HDTV, Blue-ray/HDDVD but for some situations like using a post-processing filter (ie. DirectVobsub) DXVA isn't possible (yet) so it will use your CPU power then (in case of x264 rips)

- I know, but overclocking in a media center? OC = More heat = More sound
- I will just try but where i live we don't have cable(in nederland tussen de koeien)
- Well i just take 4 Gb, for the future, maybe MediaPortal 2 is taking more memory
- Well no problem then i think

 

[jerbob92]

And it's all getting better
I am now getting a AM2 AMD Athl64 X2 3800