Adequate HTPC?

mmx

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Asus P4C800E
P4 3.2 800mhz
3gig Ram
1.5 GIG RAID SATA1 (150MB) (Using the built in SATA) 2x Seagate 750gig
Geforce 6800
Dual DVD/R/W
Mem card reader

Nero TIVO
Fusion HDTV 5

Should I get a blue ray drive? Will the gefore/p4 be adequate? Is this a good system for movie streaming? If I store all the dvd's in the drives?
 

mpilchfamily

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It will get teh job done but won't do well with a bluray drive. You will need a better video card that can handle the encoding for a Blueray movie.
 

Slugbait

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Originally posted by: DoubleHelix747
HDCP?

Correct. A 6800 card won't support it. More precisely, the GPU will support HDCP, but the actual PCB that it sits on does not support it.

Is this a good system for movie streaming? If I store all the dvd's in the drives?

Yes, this will make a very sufficient NAS box.