I'm almost done with my HTPC with the 771 to 775 Xeon mod! Anybody else doing this to save a little cash and get good performance?
It's really more of a living room Game PC than a Theatre PC... but here's the specs:
Motherboard - HP Irvine-GL6E 775 mini-ITX
Processor - Xeon X5450 3.00GHz
- Using an Intel Celeron cooler with copper core
RAM - 4GB Kingston DDR2 PC-6400
SSD - Mushkin Enhanced SATA III 120GB
Case - Silverstone ML07B
PSU - Silverstone 450W SFX
OS - Windows 8.1 Pro
Video - NVidia GT640 1GB DDR3
Still don't have a Blu Ray drive yet, but it's not a big thing for me, I will most likely only use this for gaming and Internet access, I really like my Sony Blu Ray player. Next on the list is extra cooling. The ML07B does not come with any cooling fans and this thing gets HOT!!! Plus, the SSD mounts right between the really hot case cover and the really hot video card and I fear that will reduce the life of the SSD substantially.
I had my old GTX 560Ti in it originally but it just gets too hot. Doesn't lock up or anything, but we all know that too much heat kills components faster. I say "old" 560Ti because I have a separate Game Rig which now has a Radeon R9 280X. The GT640 works great for the living room PC though. We play NES and SNES Emulators, and Steam games that work well with controllers (Batman, Castlevania, Need for Speed, etc.)
It's really more of a living room Game PC than a Theatre PC... but here's the specs:
Motherboard - HP Irvine-GL6E 775 mini-ITX
Processor - Xeon X5450 3.00GHz
- Using an Intel Celeron cooler with copper core
RAM - 4GB Kingston DDR2 PC-6400
SSD - Mushkin Enhanced SATA III 120GB
Case - Silverstone ML07B
PSU - Silverstone 450W SFX
OS - Windows 8.1 Pro
Video - NVidia GT640 1GB DDR3
Still don't have a Blu Ray drive yet, but it's not a big thing for me, I will most likely only use this for gaming and Internet access, I really like my Sony Blu Ray player. Next on the list is extra cooling. The ML07B does not come with any cooling fans and this thing gets HOT!!! Plus, the SSD mounts right between the really hot case cover and the really hot video card and I fear that will reduce the life of the SSD substantially.
I had my old GTX 560Ti in it originally but it just gets too hot. Doesn't lock up or anything, but we all know that too much heat kills components faster. I say "old" 560Ti because I have a separate Game Rig which now has a Radeon R9 280X. The GT640 works great for the living room PC though. We play NES and SNES Emulators, and Steam games that work well with controllers (Batman, Castlevania, Need for Speed, etc.)