- July 11, 2011
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Hi all
I am in the process of building a new htpc. Have had one for the last 5-6 years and its beginning to fall over which is massively decreasing the WAF. Plus I want to take advantage of my new hd 3d tv and av receiver. It will be solely an htpc but does need to play full hd content and 3d etc maybe the odd game.
I've been using GBPVR for the last few years but Mediaportal and the potential of using XBMC as a frontend has me switching.
So I need to do the usual PVR stuff.
Record freeview hd (dvb-t2) multiple channels and watch previously recorded etc and timeshift etc
Watch 3d bluray
Pass audio to my av reciever
Play the odd game
Get 4-6 years out of this system!
After reading what feels like the whole Internet I have come up with the below list of bits and I'd appreciate a sanity check from you guys. Any comments welcome.
Thanks
Rich
I am in the process of building a new htpc. Have had one for the last 5-6 years and its beginning to fall over which is massively decreasing the WAF. Plus I want to take advantage of my new hd 3d tv and av receiver. It will be solely an htpc but does need to play full hd content and 3d etc maybe the odd game.
I've been using GBPVR for the last few years but Mediaportal and the potential of using XBMC as a frontend has me switching.
So I need to do the usual PVR stuff.
Record freeview hd (dvb-t2) multiple channels and watch previously recorded etc and timeshift etc
Watch 3d bluray
Pass audio to my av reciever
Play the odd game
Get 4-6 years out of this system!
After reading what feels like the whole Internet I have come up with the below list of bits and I'd appreciate a sanity check from you guys. Any comments welcome.
Thanks
Rich
- SilverStone LC20B-M Desktop/HTPC Case, Black with VFD+IR+Remote w/o PSU
- Scythe Shuriken Rev.B Quiet Low Profile Cooler 3 Heat Pipe - HTPC Ready ALL AMD/Intel CPU
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP1, Operating System, Single, - *OEM
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, S AM3, 3.4GHz, 8MB Cache, 125W, Retail
- 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10666 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 8-8-8-24, * 1.65V
- 500W Silverstone ST50F-P, Strider Silent, 100% modular, 80 Plus Bronze PSU
- BlackGold BGT3620 High Definition PCI-e Card, Dual DVB-T and DVB-T2, Dual Digital DVB-C
- Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BD-ROM & DVDRW Combo Player OEM
- 1GB Zotac GT 430 Zone, 40nm, 1600MHz GDDR3, GPU 700MHz, Shader 1400MHz, 96 Cores, DL DVI/ HDMI/ DP
- 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525MB/s, Write 475MB/s, 50K IOPS
- Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, AMD 970, AM3+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1866/2000, SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, ATX