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<blockquote data-quote="jdiffend" data-source="post: 24427" data-attributes="member: 10910"><p>The specs look good and the GeForce 6150 should offer fast enough graphics for many DirectX 9 games. Doom 3 might prove a challenge.</p><p>Pleanty of power for MediaPortal.</p><p></p><p>I have a Jetway with the ATi graphics and it gets around 1700 Winmarks (2003) with sideport video RAM.</p><p>Halflife 2 works great but when I play the Lost Coast demo with the new lighting it's a little jerky... but I have some overclocking to go.</p><p>I don't see mention of any video RAM on that board so expect the same or worse.</p><p></p><p>The video output stuff looks ideal and you will LOVE hi-def audio over the older onboard audio. The difference was noticable on high quality music files and mine takes less CPU time than the older codecs. I'd expect the same from this board.</p><p></p><p>The Cool n Quiet + their fan control should keep the noise down if you use decent fans... the CPU cooler is the noisiest part of my system and that's about to go. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, it's overkill if you just run MP for music, movies and TV. (see the minimum specs and threads on what people are running MP on)</p><p>It depends on what you want to do with it.</p><p></p><p>If you are ripping MP3s or movies... the more CPU the better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It will run on that. You can always add more later. Be sure to use identical RAM when you upgrade though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a nice looking case and I think identical to one of the Ahnix cases.</p><p>I looked at one of those just a couple days ago.</p><p></p><p>I didn't like the parallel driven VFD... there are several USB ones out there why have that cable hanging off the back??? But it works so I guess that's the most important thing.</p><p></p><p>I didn't like the drop down panel on the one I looked at. It just flopped down with a CLUNK and I thought for the money it should have something to slow it as it opened.</p><p></p><p>It was kinda deep. The only other component I have that large is my receiver.</p><p></p><p>The power supply looked kinda cheap for the price.</p><p></p><p>I did like the look, it was solidly built, support for full size cards is nice...</p><p></p><p>Honestly, if you are going to spend that much money... you should look at one in person.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not familiar with that manufacturer so I won't comment.</p><p>I went with an Antec. It's noise level is below that of the room it's in and it controls the speed of the other fans in the case.</p><p></p><p>Whatever you do don't get some cheap brand. I had a power supply blow smoke and start to catch on fire. I was very lucky that I was there when it happened or it might have burned down the house.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It seems to have good reviews. Also consider a Zalman or Arctic Cooling heatsink/fan combos.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have any experience with it so I can't say.</p><p>If you are planning on receiving pay channels just make sure it works with the provider you have or it's useless.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Look around, there are lot's of good remotes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Seagate or Maxtor SATA drives. Western Digital is ok too.</p><p>I think I have one of each brand at the moment... whatever is on sale I guess.</p><p></p><p>The 160GB drives are cheap but it you want to do a lot of recording I'd get at least a 200GB. I ripped my CD collection in lossless monkey's audio format and takes over 120GB for almost 500 CDs. High quality MP3s are a fraction of that.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you have enough space for whatever you will access a lot plus a few videos.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You could probably spend half that and still have a decent MediaPortal box. But if you can afford it... go for it. I don't see anything wrong there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdiffend, post: 24427, member: 10910"] The specs look good and the GeForce 6150 should offer fast enough graphics for many DirectX 9 games. Doom 3 might prove a challenge. Pleanty of power for MediaPortal. I have a Jetway with the ATi graphics and it gets around 1700 Winmarks (2003) with sideport video RAM. Halflife 2 works great but when I play the Lost Coast demo with the new lighting it's a little jerky... but I have some overclocking to go. I don't see mention of any video RAM on that board so expect the same or worse. The video output stuff looks ideal and you will LOVE hi-def audio over the older onboard audio. The difference was noticable on high quality music files and mine takes less CPU time than the older codecs. I'd expect the same from this board. The Cool n Quiet + their fan control should keep the noise down if you use decent fans... the CPU cooler is the noisiest part of my system and that's about to go. Actually, it's overkill if you just run MP for music, movies and TV. (see the minimum specs and threads on what people are running MP on) It depends on what you want to do with it. If you are ripping MP3s or movies... the more CPU the better. It will run on that. You can always add more later. Be sure to use identical RAM when you upgrade though. It's a nice looking case and I think identical to one of the Ahnix cases. I looked at one of those just a couple days ago. I didn't like the parallel driven VFD... there are several USB ones out there why have that cable hanging off the back??? But it works so I guess that's the most important thing. I didn't like the drop down panel on the one I looked at. It just flopped down with a CLUNK and I thought for the money it should have something to slow it as it opened. It was kinda deep. The only other component I have that large is my receiver. The power supply looked kinda cheap for the price. I did like the look, it was solidly built, support for full size cards is nice... Honestly, if you are going to spend that much money... you should look at one in person. I'm not familiar with that manufacturer so I won't comment. I went with an Antec. It's noise level is below that of the room it's in and it controls the speed of the other fans in the case. Whatever you do don't get some cheap brand. I had a power supply blow smoke and start to catch on fire. I was very lucky that I was there when it happened or it might have burned down the house. It seems to have good reviews. Also consider a Zalman or Arctic Cooling heatsink/fan combos. I don't have any experience with it so I can't say. If you are planning on receiving pay channels just make sure it works with the provider you have or it's useless. Look around, there are lot's of good remotes. Seagate or Maxtor SATA drives. Western Digital is ok too. I think I have one of each brand at the moment... whatever is on sale I guess. The 160GB drives are cheap but it you want to do a lot of recording I'd get at least a 200GB. I ripped my CD collection in lossless monkey's audio format and takes over 120GB for almost 500 CDs. High quality MP3s are a fraction of that. Make sure you have enough space for whatever you will access a lot plus a few videos. You could probably spend half that and still have a decent MediaPortal box. But if you can afford it... go for it. I don't see anything wrong there. [/QUOTE]
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