Hey guys,
Due to ridiculously poor planning and impulse control I am having a very slight dilemma in regards to my build, and I could use some (any) input as to what my next moves should probably be. I currently have my main rig (see signature) housed in an Akasa Eclipse case, but I also have a half-built HTPC housed in a Silverstone Sugo case.
The half-built HTPC in question has a good PSU, an AM2 X2 3800+ CPU, a Thermalright SI-128 cooler, 512MB Kingston DDR2-667, a great DVD+RW drive and a temporary IDE hard disk. The only things it's lacking is a motherboard and suitable graphics card.
I was planning to build both machines up seperately, network them, and use my main rig for gaming with my Samsung Syncmaster 206BW for output and use the HTPC purely for storing/watching DVD and HD quality media on a Samsung Bordeaux or similar HDTV. I have, however, hit a fork in the road and the following options are available to me: -
a.) Continue to build up the HTPC in the Sugo case, keeping my gaming machine and media machine seperate (but networked) with their own dedicated displays and functions. Syncmaster for the former and Bordeaux for the latter.
b.) Do away with the entire idea of building a HTPC and connect a Bordeaux to the spare DVI output on my 8800GTS, using this singular machine as both a gaming machine and a media machine.
c.) Gut my main system and put all the components into the Sugo with a decent µATX motherboard. I am willing to sacrifice quite a bit of overclock if it means a much smaller and more portable case, while still being able to use the Sugo as a main/gaiming machine as well as a media machine.
I should probably point out that the Sugo in question has been modified to comfortably fit a Thermalright SI-128 CPU cooler and any graphics card up to the size of an 8800GTX, so space and temperatures won't really be a huge issue and I am willing to clock back (reasonably) in the name of keeping things cool enough. Anything left over will be sold on the Member's Market for reasonable prices.
What do you guys think? The prospect of going purely small form factor is bery attractive to me, but maybe it would be best to simpy carry on building the HTPC as an independent machine? Any help would be appreciated as it's beginning to really drive me up the wall to be honest.
Sincerely yours,
Ulfhedjinn.
Due to ridiculously poor planning and impulse control I am having a very slight dilemma in regards to my build, and I could use some (any) input as to what my next moves should probably be. I currently have my main rig (see signature) housed in an Akasa Eclipse case, but I also have a half-built HTPC housed in a Silverstone Sugo case.
The half-built HTPC in question has a good PSU, an AM2 X2 3800+ CPU, a Thermalright SI-128 cooler, 512MB Kingston DDR2-667, a great DVD+RW drive and a temporary IDE hard disk. The only things it's lacking is a motherboard and suitable graphics card.
I was planning to build both machines up seperately, network them, and use my main rig for gaming with my Samsung Syncmaster 206BW for output and use the HTPC purely for storing/watching DVD and HD quality media on a Samsung Bordeaux or similar HDTV. I have, however, hit a fork in the road and the following options are available to me: -
a.) Continue to build up the HTPC in the Sugo case, keeping my gaming machine and media machine seperate (but networked) with their own dedicated displays and functions. Syncmaster for the former and Bordeaux for the latter.
b.) Do away with the entire idea of building a HTPC and connect a Bordeaux to the spare DVI output on my 8800GTS, using this singular machine as both a gaming machine and a media machine.
c.) Gut my main system and put all the components into the Sugo with a decent µATX motherboard. I am willing to sacrifice quite a bit of overclock if it means a much smaller and more portable case, while still being able to use the Sugo as a main/gaiming machine as well as a media machine.
I should probably point out that the Sugo in question has been modified to comfortably fit a Thermalright SI-128 CPU cooler and any graphics card up to the size of an 8800GTX, so space and temperatures won't really be a huge issue and I am willing to clock back (reasonably) in the name of keeping things cool enough. Anything left over will be sold on the Member's Market for reasonable prices.
What do you guys think? The prospect of going purely small form factor is bery attractive to me, but maybe it would be best to simpy carry on building the HTPC as an independent machine? Any help would be appreciated as it's beginning to really drive me up the wall to be honest.
Sincerely yours,
Ulfhedjinn.
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