Ultimate Desktop Media Center

[Preti9cboi]

Anyone here built or has a media desktop? I would like a few suggestions on building the ultimate media center.

My brother mentioned to me he was looking into a media center and i told him i could build him one. He's got three plasma tv's and wants to have a media center for each and every single one.


I'm trying to establish a pricing point for each media desktop. An ultimate media center with no price point and a system under 2000 each.

 

[ts3433]

What exactly is he looking to do with his "media PC"? The term's a bit broad. If he's just going to watch movies you can probably get away with a Duron or something.

 

[Preti9cboi]

I dont know really. lol I just know he wanted a media center. I think he just got caught up in all the hype. All he's going to do really is watch movies, look at pictures, and print them from his printer every now and then. The only thing really spacific he wanted was a dual layer dvd burner.

Also, he'll probably play some 3D game every now and then.

Duron you say? I'm bout ot google it. =D

 

[ts3433]

"Some 3D game"--what resolutions/details is he expecting on what games? That'd be the difference between a Ti4200, 9500 Pro, 6600GT, and an X11ty billion Ultra XLT. I know for gaming you'd want at least a Barton, probably a low-end A64 as cheap as they are these days.

 

[Preti9cboi]

The only games i know that he plays is from Blizzard so he wont really need an out of this world graphic's card. I was thinking an All i wonder ATI radeon 9600xt and an ATI tv tuner. Yeah, i was thinking about an Athlon 64 also, but not sure on which one. How about a 3500?

 

[LasombraB]

Check out this website.

http://www.htpcnews.com

They have a lot of good info. I'm building a Media Center PC for myself right now. I might suggest this setup below.


Athlon 64 3200+
ASUS K8V Deluxe
1GB PC3200 (2x512) Mushkin
200GB SATA Seagate
NEC 16X DVD+/-RW
ATI Radeon 9600xt
Haupaugge WinTV PVR-150MCE
SilverStone LC10 Case
Enermax NoiseTaker 475W

 

[Preti9cboi]

Awesome! Thanks.