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9/19/09 at 1:47pm
could someone exlain to me the purpose of an HTPC. i know it stands for Home Theater PC but i dont see the point of it.
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9/19/09 at 6:46pm
here's my rig:
It's a Dell I got on a killer deal about 18 months ago.
If I remember correctly the price with a 24'' Dell Monitor was around $550 shipped (from Dell), so I jumped on it even though I didn't need the computer..

SPECS:
Q6600 Quad Core @ Stock Speeds
3GB Ram
Vista Media Edition
HD 2600XT ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102703 )
LG HDDVD/BluRay Drive

Audio is provided by the Video Card ( 5.1HD through HDMI) goes to TV, then to the Onkyo receiver. Was a bit of a hassle to get the audio working initially, but once I got it working, no problems whatsoever.

I had it sitting for a while, but just put it back online today, next step is to get a network drive methinks. Still has last year's drivers on it, but I don't really want to update since nothing's broken...
Is it worth upgrading the video card? It runs all my HD videos no problem...

Here's some pics, the last one is the entire setup



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9/19/09 at 7:24pm
Here are the specs of my HTPC:

Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition @ 3.624GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Cooler
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Motherboard
HD3200 onboard video card connected to TV via HDMI
Cooler Master 500W PSU
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RC Build 7100
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 4000
No TV tuner right now but that may change later
Viewsonic 26" LCD 720P HDTV

I use it to watch ripped movies and TV shows on a shared partition on my sig rig (it has the big hard drives) via Windows Media Center. It works pretty sweet and is so cool. Don't have to touch my DVDs again.

Pictures of it bellow:













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post #14 of 539
9/19/09 at 7:28pm
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Originally Posted by Gunslash View Post
here's my rig:
It's a Dell I got on a killer deal about 18 months ago.
If I remember correctly the price with a 24'' Dell Monitor was around $550 shipped (from Dell), so I jumped on it even though I didn't need the computer..

SPECS:
Q6600 Quad Core @ Stock Speeds
3GB Ram
Vista Media Edition
HD 2600XT ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102703 )
LG HDDVD/BluRay Drive

Audio is provided by the Video Card ( 5.1HD through HDMI) goes to TV, then to the Onkyo receiver. Was a bit of a hassle to get the audio working initially, but once I got it working, no problems whatsoever.

I had it sitting for a while, but just put it back online today, next step is to get a network drive methinks. Still has last year's drivers on it, but I don't really want to update since nothing's broken...
Is it worth upgrading the video card? It runs all my HD videos no problem...

Here's some pics, the last one is the entire setup
And that would still be a stellar deal now, AWESOME.
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9/19/09 at 7:48pm

That's the case when I received it.


And that's where it sits until I get a cabinet built for it to sit on.
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9/19/09 at 9:42pm
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Originally Posted by Ben the OCer View Post
Here are the specs of my HTPC:

Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition @ 3.624GHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Cooler
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Motherboard
HD3200 onboard video card connected to TV via HDMI
Cooler Master 500W PSU
Samsung 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2-800
Western Digital 2x160GB SATA Hard Drives in RAID 0
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RC Build 7100
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 4000
No TV tuner right now but that may change later
Viewsonic 26" LCD 720P HDTV

I use it to watch ripped movies and TV shows on a shared partition on my sig rig (it has the big hard drives) via Windows Media Center. It works pretty sweet and is so cool. Don't have to touch my DVDs again.

Pictures of it bellow:
I've never messed around with Media Center but can I ask how you are able to get the box shots of all your movies in the menu like that? Is that just a built in feature? I would love to have something like that.
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post #17 of 539
9/19/09 at 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by Contagion View Post
could someone exlain to me the purpose of an HTPC. i know it stands for Home Theater PC but i dont see the point of it.
IMO, if just want to watch Blu-ray movies then just get a standalone player. On a HTPC you can play video games, browse the web, play ripped movies. HTPCs can be pretty cheap to put together, my P4 coupled with a ATI HD365o + DXVA plays 1080p fine.
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post #18 of 539
9/19/09 at 10:55pm
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IMO, if just want to watch Blu-ray movies then just get a standalone player. On a HTPC you can play video games, browse the web, play ripped movies. HTPCs can be pretty cheap to put together, my P4 coupled with a ATI HD365o + DXVA plays 1080p fine.
Hmmmm I'm Jealous of your P4, I got a AMD 3800+ kickin around that I have been trying to get 1080p working on for awhile now. I got a ATI 3450 and that doesn't do 1080p, I don't have any other cards to test out.


Anyways, My HTPC is in my sig. It is very poorly put together it was just spare parts to get it going and within the next month im going to downgrade the cpu and get a new mobo which will cut the noise/power/heat. I should be getting a 780 mobo and with that I won't need a video card.


I use Windows Vista ultimate, and i use mediabrowser, it gives that dvd cover art when browsing.

I have been thinking of switching to linux but its a pain and too much work for something that I am unsure of what I want.
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I've never messed around with Media Center but can I ask how you are able to get the box shots of all your movies in the menu like that? Is that just a built in feature? I would love to have something like that.
if you think thats cool, check out media browser
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9/19/09 at 11:09pm
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