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[pierremenard]

There's a new article on Tom's Hardware about htpc selection

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/16/building_a_low-power_home_theater_pc_system/

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[ziphnor]

Very similar to what i did for my parents HTPC:

AM2 Athlon64 X2 4200+ EE (TH use a 3800+)
Asus M2NPV-VM ( same )
2GB 667Mhz DDR2 (TH use 533Mhz ram)
320GB Western Digital 3200KS (TH use the Seagate's 7200.10 which are rumored to be quite noisy(it was the 7200.9 that was quiet)).
Antec NSK2400 case ( TH use the much more expensive Zalman HD135 )
Stock cooler with Q-Fan enabled.

 

[peep]

Well, I've got the 7200.9 and I can't say they are totally silent. When I transfer something to it and it has to write something it almost sounds like my old Maxtor (as in a lot of crackle and pop). I read that samsung drives are also supposed to be quite noisefree, sadly haven't had time to try one out yet, still trying to get money to spend on a dualcore cpu.

 

[Spragleknas]

Very similar to what i did for my parents HTPC:

AM2 Athlon64 X2 4200+ EE (TH use a 3800+)
Asus M2NPV-VM ( same )
2GB 667Mhz DDR2 (TH use 533Mhz ram)
320GB Western Digital 3200KS (TH use the Seagate's 7200.10 which are rumored to be quite noisy(it was the 7200.9 that was quiet)).
Antec NSK2400 case ( TH use the much more expensive Zalman HD135 )
Stock cooler with Q-Fan enabled.

Built same for a friend - exept using a 3200+ and the Seagate .10 (Samsung was out of stock).

If you bought the optical bracket: Did you get the S/PDIF to work?