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[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Found all the info I needed here!!!!!

 

[ShadowBlade]

Not yet. After I get all new parts for this system, what I have now will become one
(Except for the RAM, ill be keeping that in this machine and buying anther 512MB for the HTPC)
The 120GB HD will stay for the HTPC and then all recorded videos will be stored via network drive on my new machine

 

[thegimp03]

An old computer doubles as my htpc. p4 2.4 ghz, 512 mb ram, fx5200 w/ passive cooling, and an old 160 gb hard drive and an 80 gb hard drive. Runs cool and quiet and fits my needs...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

My main rig does HTPC duty

3200+ A64
6600gt
X-Mystique
2x512mb pc3200 corsair value select
2x120gig WD, 2x80gig WD
NEC 3520 DVD burner
Running XP Pro

Video handled by an NEC FE950+ monitor and the Infocus 4805 projector

Audio from the X-Mystique runs to a Pioneer 1014
5.0 goes to a set of Onix Rockets
80hz crossover starts the SVS 20-39 PC+ going
50hz low pass filter on the split LFE signal gets the Aura Bass shakers going

 

[stevty2889]

Have 3 of them, but only one is getting used as one.

Pentium-D 830 water cooled
Leadtek 6600GT
2x512mb PQI turbo PC4000 DDR
Asrock 775Dual 880pro
80gb SATA HD
250gb SATA II 16mb cache
Chaintech AV-710
Linksys wireless-B
Haupauge WinTV GO-Plus

Pentium 4 ES 3.2ghz
Gigabtye 8IP775
4x256mb Kingmax PC3500
ATI AIW 9600pro
80GB WD Pata
onboard sound

And just put my old ATI TV wonder VE in my Pentium-M SFF system
Pentium-M Dothan 1.6 @2.133ghz
2x512mb corsair value
ATI X700
ATI TVwonder VE
80bg WD SATA
onboard sound

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Okay, stupid question. I'm building a HTPC for my supervisor. He wants two tuner cards. Will onboard video suffice, or does he need to get a decent video card. Money isn't much of a concern, but he doesn't want to get unnecessary stuff. I'm trying to figure this out by looking at peoples' specs, but everyone seems to have dual-duty machines... And I'm not a computer newb, just HTPC newb. I deal more in the server realm.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

This would be another place to look for more HTPC oriented discussion http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=26

 

[Mesix]

I use mine as one. Specs in sig.

 

[Texun]

I'm in the early stages of getting one squared away.

Aspire Q Pack mATX
MSI K8MM-V
Sempron 64 3100
Zalman CNPS7000B.
512 Corsais VR <could use a gig>
nVidia 6200
Happauge PVR 250
OB Sound
WD 200g ATA
NEC 3550A DVD-RW
Win-XP Pro

Finding the right PVR software has been my issue.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
This would be another place to look for more HTPC oriented discussion http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=26

Thanks for the link. I'll be researching / reading there too now. Thanks.

 

[McPudd]

I have some of the parts and am awaiting the rest for a MS MCE2005 based system.
I'll put it together and network it to a similar (main) system I will build first.

MCE2005 System:
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI X16
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual Core S939 Toledo CPU
Zalman CNPS9500 LED Copper CPU Heat Sink 92MM Fan
2GB (Corsair XMS-3500LL PRO 2GB kit)
Antec P180 mid-tower case w/4 120mm Antec TriCool fans
Thermaltake Hardcano 13 5.25in multi-function drive bay controller
Enermax Liberty EL620AWT 620W Modular PSU ATX12V v2.2
ATI Radeon X1800XT 512MB PCI-E Dual DVI HDTV-OUT Video Card
(component OUT to 36? Sony Wega XBR-400 NTSC HD ready TV).
ATI TV Wonder Elite Theatre 550 PRO PCI TV card Tuner with remote control
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200RPM 16MB HDD
250GB Maxtor One Touch External Ultra ATA-133 7200 RPM HDD [1394a]
BenQ 16X DL DVD+/-RW w/LightScribe
FDD
Turtle Beach Montego DDL 7.1 sound card S/PDIF optical OUT to Denon
AVR-3802 7x110W DD/DTS ES/ DPL II based HT System
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5000 Laser Bluetooth (MX 5000 keyboard; MX 1000
Laser mouse; USB Bluetooth mini-receiver).
Microsoft Remote Control w/USB receiver OEM for MCE2005.
MICROSOFT MEDIA CENTER 2005 OEM (XP Pro SP2)
Etc

Here are 2 other good forum links:
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community/
http://www.xpmce.com/forum/index.php?sid=153f86daa382127fc9987c4a43eb0790

Happy trailz,

 

[Lord Banshee]

Have one i am using now but it is only for a 480i (640x480) normal CRT TV. but it would work good for any TV really.. Still looking for a capture card.


Chaintech VNF3-250 Mobo
AMD Sempron64 2600+ @ 2.0Ghz Stock Voltage
Nvidia 6800NU with Artic Cooler NV5 Rev.3
2x 80GB 7200rpm Hard Drives
Chaintech 7.1 Sound Card
512MB DDR400 2.5x3x3x8


Your question about VideoCard:
Having a good video card matter when you think about if you want to process some of the data with your Video Card (faster en/decodeing if you have the right software and hardware), better Output, faster performance if you play games on your HTPC. But it all comes down to what your customer wants his HTPC to do?

Also i like to look at www.htpcnews.com

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Just using my Modded XBOX right now.

Used to use a SN45G-+2400@2.35GHZ- eVGA G4 440MX Personal Cinema-120gb-2x512 dual channel-SoundStorm cert.

 

[kurt454]

My old PC does HTPC duty

A64 3200+ S754 Clawhammer
1 gig of Corsair PC3200 ram
Leadtek 6200AGP softmodded to 6600 and flashed to 400/650 speeds
120 gig Samsung 8 meg cache ATA hard drive
NEC ND3550 DVD-RW
Lite-On DVD-Rom
TBSC sound

 

[UnklSnappy]

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
4400+ X2
2x 7800GT
2GB Corsair 3200C2
2x WD 250 GB SATA2
Nec 3550 DVD
Enermax Liberty 500w
Hauppauge PVR 250
Airstar HD 5000
pcHDTV 3000
Klipsh Promedia 5.1
Cooler Master ATC 410 sx1
2x Zalman Reserators
Ubuntu / Mythtv

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Anyone care to comment on the new question?