I know there ant many threads of the same topic, but mine is a little different.
The present hardware I own is a 50" samsung DLP HDTV (has DVI cable but no HDMI, 720p native), Onkio 5.1 receiver with speakers, regular DVD player, Harmony 660 remote.
My motivation
1>price performance....
2>Able to download HD content (TV serials, movies..etc) from internet and watch on my HDTV
3>Able to record HD content for OTA (eg. TV series lost or 24...) and re-encode in MPEG4 (may be off-line) to save disk space.
My HTPC list:
CPU: Not going for higher for price-performance HTPC. Can upgrade to X2 later
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Orleans 2.0GHz 512KB L2 Cache AM2 - $85
Mobo- Do i really need a external GPU. I prefer AM2 with 6150 integrated
ASUS M2NPV-VM Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX -$85
ASUS SPDIF module - $10 (MoBo does not does with it.)
RAM- DDR2 800 is only $30 expensive, ????
OCZ S.O.E 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $55x2
Case and PSU- I budget is $100, but again if too low I can buy more expensive...Suggest??
Antec nsk2400 -$80
Tuner- Heard that for HD i also need separate SD tuner
AVerMedia MTVHDA18 PCI Interface AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 -$75
Sd Tuner --->Want one with S-video/Comp INPUT???
HDD-
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 SATA 3Gb/s -$75 ( newegg item# N82E16822148144 )
CPU Fan- Please recommend??? Do i need one?
DVD burner - Want a quite one. Again not too expensive
????
IR module - Please recommend???
???????
Software:
Microsoft MCE
Does this list makes sense. Also am i missing anything? Do i have to increase my budget?
I will Keep updating this thread....
The present hardware I own is a 50" samsung DLP HDTV (has DVI cable but no HDMI, 720p native), Onkio 5.1 receiver with speakers, regular DVD player, Harmony 660 remote.
My motivation
1>price performance....
2>Able to download HD content (TV serials, movies..etc) from internet and watch on my HDTV
3>Able to record HD content for OTA (eg. TV series lost or 24...) and re-encode in MPEG4 (may be off-line) to save disk space.
My HTPC list:
CPU: Not going for higher for price-performance HTPC. Can upgrade to X2 later
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Orleans 2.0GHz 512KB L2 Cache AM2 - $85
Mobo- Do i really need a external GPU. I prefer AM2 with 6150 integrated
ASUS M2NPV-VM Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX -$85
ASUS SPDIF module - $10 (MoBo does not does with it.)
RAM- DDR2 800 is only $30 expensive, ????
OCZ S.O.E 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $55x2
Case and PSU- I budget is $100, but again if too low I can buy more expensive...Suggest??
Antec nsk2400 -$80
Tuner- Heard that for HD i also need separate SD tuner
AVerMedia MTVHDA18 PCI Interface AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 -$75
Sd Tuner --->Want one with S-video/Comp INPUT???
HDD-
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 SATA 3Gb/s -$75 ( newegg item# N82E16822148144 )
CPU Fan- Please recommend??? Do i need one?
DVD burner - Want a quite one. Again not too expensive
????
IR module - Please recommend???
???????
Software:
Microsoft MCE
Does this list makes sense. Also am i missing anything? Do i have to increase my budget?
I will Keep updating this thread....
