show off your htpc!

[kovboi]

Let's try to consolidate some of the threads of individual htpc projects and see if we can get some juicy pics posted in one place, eh? Don't forget to post your rig's details.

Here's mine:
Case: Lian-Li PC-V800B
CPU: Opteron 165
Heatsink: Zalman 9500-AM2 (running at 1700-2000 rpm, temps never go over 40 C during normal use)
Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE
Video: Gigabyte Nvidia 6600LE (passive)
Decoder: Nvidia Purevideo
Sound: onboard (SPDIF passthrough to receiver)
Tv tuners: 2 x Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint-T 300Gb
PSU: Seasonic S12 330W

Notes:
I put the 2 x 60mm exhaust fans on the Coolermaster Musketeer's fan controller so they run virtually silent. I also stuck the zalman's fanmate to the rear of the case so I can adjust it without pulling out the case and opening it up.

I also removed the 80mm fan that came attached to the case's top lid. At some point it would be worthwhile to cut a wider hole for better air circulation, but first I'll have to get some tools...

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2223/htpc003smallic4.jpg
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1253/htpc002kt9.jpg
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[Wicked Klown]

Case: Norco RPC-470
CPU: Phenom II x4 925
Heatsink: Thermalright Ultima-90
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3
Video: Sapphire HD4830 HDMI
HDD: 64gig Crucial M4
PSU: Corsair 650HX
Screen: 106" Elite Screen with Epson Home Cinema 8350
LG GGC-H20LK HD-DVD/Blu-Ray
AVR: Yamaha RX-V671
Front Speakers: Klipsch BKF-28
Center Speaker: Klipsch C-1
Side Speakers: Klipsch S-2
Sub: Klipsch SW-350


Audio and Video gear (http://wickedklown.host56.com/HTPC/100_1595.JPG)
Side speakers (http://wickedklown.host56.com/HTPC/1001137bl9.jpg)
Screen, Speakers and Sub (http://wickedklown.host56.com/HTPC/100_1599.JPG)

[wnnbgwrrr]

The room this thing is in is nothing to look at and I’m no photographer so these aren’t exactly glamour shots like the ones kovboi posted. But for what it's worth here's a look at the inside of my rig (same computer is in my sig.) I live in a small apartment, with small rooms, so for now I just have this thing hooked up to a 19in LCD. And for sound I use SPIDF pass through from the onboard sound to a receiver hooked up to a couple of BOSE bookshelf speakers. Oh and in the picture those case fans are some SilverStone FN121s but they’re coming out and the original Antec 3 speeds are going back in because they’re near silent on the lowest speed setting.

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[Neuromancer]

Well its not like you alls but its my htpc

Excuse the mess I am in the midst of selling everything I dont need

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u153/cyber42punk/display004.jpg

EDIT: I use the TV for SDTV and widescreen for Widescreen :) Right now the setup is either or... soon to be both :)

EDIT EDIT: Oh yah the htpc is in the other room were its cool and quiet... did ja want a pic of that? Not very sex@h....

[hyperasus]

I didn't have time for glamor shots so I just ripped the top off my case and took a few pics dirt and all. This is the same rig I have in my sig.

C2D E6600 @ 3.3GHz (3.7Ghz PCMark stable)
Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi
Team Group (2 x 1Gb) 3-3-3-8 667 Mhz
4 x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 on Matrix Raid
X1600xt X 2
3x VP930b 19" ViewSonic LCD's + 42" LCD HDTV
600w Seasonic

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/893/cimg1346largezc0.th.jpg (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1346largezc0.jpg)
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2585/cimg1347largetb6.th.jpg (http://img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1347largetb6.jpg)
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6167/cimg1348largemg9.th.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1348largemg9.jpg)
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/4402/cimg1349largeqs1.th.jpg (http://img459.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1349largeqs1.jpg)
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6050/cimg1350largeof7.th.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1350largeof7.jpg)
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7484/cimg1351le6.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1351le6.jpg)
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/8527/cimg1354hk4.th.jpg (http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1354hk4.jpg)

As you can see. It's very very dusty where I live.

[Neuromancer]

Okay but be gentle.. I am replacing the SATA and Floppy cables with UV blue one (I have them just havent got around to changing them..) and am swapping out the rear fan for a blue LED one from my iCage. Also will be adding a full length Blue and UV CCFL, although am considering a 3.5 bay switch I made to add to it...that will need work (cuz I dont have a 2nd pre made 3.5 slot)... and wont matter cux 3.5 is facing the wall for now so maybe i will rebuild the pci slot switch.. I need some longer cables...
Can revert to standard ATX once I get a USB hub and my PS2 extension cable arrive... oh yah and I need to find a male DVI to male VGA cable too...

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u153/cyber42punk/display008.jpg
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EDITED cuz I forgot to resize one pic

EDIT EDIT: NO I did not lose the back of my chaire. I purchased a new one and turned the old one into a hassok :)

Yes I like to live comfortably :)

[Fr3@k3r]

the system, specs in rig under server, 6x400GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 for 2.6TB of Lucious space

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/spikedzombies/server/Server5.jpg

and the tv

$1000 Black Friday 42" Panasonic Special, $380 Xbox Premium, Buffalo Link Theater, Comcast DVR, Dlink DGL Gamer Lounge Router

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/spikedzombies/IMAGE_004.jpg

[Mr. Roboto]

Quickie pic of mine

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/997/img0903largeht3.jpg

[JCLW]

I just upgraded the processor on mine :)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/131/slott1200vb9.jpg

When I first set up my HTPC/file server/FTP server I thought I would play games on it as well (since it is hooked up to the TV). So I basically ended up with a big, loud, ugly box sitting in my living room. The other half never liked it to begin with, and I grew to dislike it more and more. I used it for two years and then decided to replace it.

And so I started by making a list of all the things I wanted to do which was basically:
- View pictures (Irfanview)
- Play music (WinAmp 2.9X)
- Play videos (Media Player Classic)
- Browse the interweb
- RAID array for data storage
- FTP server (Cerberus)

Then I looked at my first box and thought about where I went wrong. CPU was overkill (Celeron 330J - 2.66ghz). This was a waste of power for a 24/7 box, and needed fairly hefty cooling. Too many fans, which made too much noise - and also sucked in an incredible amount of dust (well, not as much as hyperasus). I had a 4x200GB RAID 5 array. This worked well, but over time I discovered that new drive capacity was increasing faster then I was filling my array and that it would be much simpler to just use a RAID 1 array with two larger disks. This helps on power/heat/noise as well.

So I ended up with:
- Asus P3B-F (i440BX, Slot 1)
- Celeron-400 (slow, but I had one in a box)
- Zalman 6000 cooler (will cool a 20W CPU passively)
- Silverstone LC03 case (Black, ATX, normal power supply, right number of drive bays)
- Silverstone ST-365 power supply (360W, Quiet)
- 640MB memory (256MB + 256MB + 128MB is all that fits with the Zalman 6000)
- Radeon 9250 (VGA, DVI, and TV out)
- Audigy 1
- Marvell based gigabit NIC
- Mitsumi 7-in-1 floppy/card reader
- Samsung 2.5" 40GB PATA 5400rpm
- 2x Seagate 3.5" 400GB SATA 7200.10 (RAID 1)
- NEC ND-3550 DVD+/-RW
- Promise TX2300 (2 port SATA RAID controller)
- NEC based 5 port USB 2.0 card

The USB 2.0 card was modded to make three internal connectors for the two front case ports, and the card reader:
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/2765/img64671ax.jpg

And then today I grabbed an Upgradeware slocket so I can use a Celeron-1200 (100FSB) to replace the Celeron-400 (66FSB). I'm undervolting the Celeron-1200 so I can still passively cool it.
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6871/img0758qi4.jpg

Here it is in all its glory. Cards from left to right are: USB 2.0, Promise TX2300, Audigy 1, Gigabit NIC, Radeon 9250. The power supply fan is the only fan in the system. I made a little air dam so it sucks air from the CPU area. You can also see why the 3rd memory module can only be single sided (128MB) - otherwise the Zalman 6000 would hit it.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/618/img0759hb2.jpg

Top left: DVD, bottom left: 1st 400GB 7200.10, top right: 40GB 2.5", middle right: 7-in-1 floppy/card reader, bottom right: 2nd 400GB 7200.10.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/8641/img0760aq4.jpg

Floppy / card reader is in the lower bay because with the overhang on the case you can't see what slot you're plugging your stuff into when it is in the top one.
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1120/img0761nx8.jpg

I just have the power cord connected, a bluetooth dongle for the keyboard/mouse in one of the USB 1.1 ports, S-video for my crappy TV, ethernet, and a digtal coax cable from the Audigy digital out to my Yamaha receiver. DD and DTS are passed through directly - everything else is stereo PCM (receiver plays it in "6 channel stereo"). "USB 2.0" label covers the holes where the other external USB ports used to be.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/979/img0762mz7.jpg

And this is what it looks like in its home.
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7082/img0764ss5.jpg

[golgotha]

Here's my setup:
http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1698.JPG
You can see the computer on the right of the frame, the TV on the left, and all 5.1 speakers are present but not evident.

About a year ago I decided I needed a dedicated multimedia PC. The major function of this computer would be to serve video to the living room TV, a normal old-school CRT. Funds were a major issue, so I was trying to use cheap components while still having a usable and stable system.
After some trial and error, the system I ended up installing was this:

CASE: Antec MINUET II MicroATX Case
MB: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754
CPU: AMD Sempron 64 2800+
RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB, 2x512MB, PC3200
DVD: LG DVD drive
DISK: 250gb IDE, 7500, 8mb
Sound: Creative Audigy2 ZS
VIDEO: Nvidia GEFORCE FX5200, PCI version
Peripherals:
MON: Rosewill R912E Black 19" 8ms DVI LCD
KB/M: Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
SPEAKERS: Logitech 5.1 something-or-other

Here is a shot of the whole system just before installation:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5202/img1115ej1.th.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1115ej1.jpg)

and few more inside the case:
http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1121.JPG
Case with the cover removed. You can see the color of the front bezel doesn't match the rest of the case. This is my biggest gripe with the minuet. The rest of the case is classy, but the front is ugly.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1122.JPG
Medium shot inside case. You can see all relevant components.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1125.JPG
Close-up of inside case. You can just barely make out the power switch I talk about below under the yellow cable feeding the DVD drive.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1126.JPG
The Minuet has a pretty cool design. The drives in the front fit into a removable cage that lifts up and out. Also, the rubber mounts visible here are useful in dampening vibrations.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1129.JPG
Extreme close-up of RAM. Looks like Corsair ValueSelect to me. You can see I'm using the stock cooler on the CPU.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1130.JPG
Back panel. Note the video card on the right. DVI and S-Video out are all I need for my current video requirements. Actually, I had a ******* of a time getting a video signal during installation. Apparently, you have to disable the onboard video BEFORE you install a graphics card. Of course, you have to connect to the onboard video in order to disable it, otherwise you will get no signal to your monitor. What a pain it was figuring that out. Luckily my monitor has both VGA and DVI inputs.

http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1131.JPG
I don't know. Random close-up of PCI cards.

Some notes:
1. What processor to buy? [Remember this was Spring '06] I chose AMD over Intel, and Socket 754 over 939 due to the difference in retail price. The down side of this decision is largely that socket 754 is obsolete, so upgrading the processor would be difficult in the future. We'll come back to that soon. However, Socket 754 does have a lot a power; plenty for the task at hand.

2. For the motherboard, I was limited to the microATX form factor which I talk about below. With this in mind, I had initially purchased an ASUS K8V-MX, but it was DOA so I switched to the Biostar. I have to say, I really like the layout of the TForce. It is well designed, cheap and the built-in overclocking utility is very decent. Also, there is a power switch and a reset switch built directly onto the motherboard which means you don't have to plug the MB into the case just to power up. I gave up some expansion options going with the smaller form factor, but I doubt I would need them in a system with such limited scope anyway.

3. I skimped on the memory because price and stability is more important than overclocking for this system.

4. The case I originally chose was a POWMAX 3304 SV. This purchase taught me that you get what you pay for in computer cases. The Powmax is built from plastic and aluminum and I have nothing good to say about it. It had sharp edges, the front buttons literally fell off, and the case flexed under slight pressure. I think it was about thirty bucks shipped, and it went straight to the dumpster.

5. While I'm talking about cases, I should talk about form factor. I wanted a slim case that would fit inside our wooden device cabinet with the DVD player, VCR, etc. I figured the best choice for this would be a half-height, microATX case. I learned the hard way, there are major downsides to going with a low-profile case. First, it is very difficult finding components to fit inside the case. Even if you do find a low profile expansion card, it still has to come with a replacement bracket, or you'll have to mod the metal of the full-height stock device. To illustrate this point see the following picture:
http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1128.JPG
Shown in that picture is the video card on the left, and the soundcard on the right. The video card came with both a full-height and a half-height bracket. All I had to do was swap them for the card to fit. The sound card, on the other hand, did not provide this luxury. I was forced to cut the stock bracket, bend it, and then cut a notch out of the head. I can't do that sort of mod at home because I don't have the tools or the place in my apartment. Instead I took it to work where we had a vise grip and a hacksaw. Unfortunately, I was so engrossed in conversation with a coworker while making the mod, that I didn't realize I was cutting the wrong side! As you can see in the picture, there are now two notches in the bracket, and crappy ones at that. Learned: A)Measure twice, cut once, and B)You need the right tool for the job.
A second downside has to do with placing a case inside a cabinet to begin with. I handle the cables in the rear of the case so often that it soon becomes annoying and impractical to place the computer in the media cabinet. As it is now, I have taken the computer out of the cabinet and moved it under an end table in the living room. The current arrangement is shown above, and it seems to be working pretty well. The previous setup can be seen here: http://www.arationalmind.com/minuet/2006_03_20/IMG_1139.JPG
A good option would probably be to move it out of sight within a closet accessing it via RealVNC or somesuch.

6. One major problem I had was serious stutter when starting a video. I knew it was either the CPU or the GPU as they were both budget items. The Sempron 2800+ is the bare minium you should consider for a machine of this type. However, after spending so much money on the machine, I decided I could live with the poor performance for a while. As it turned out, prices on all AMD chips went way down in the past year. A couple months ago I picked up an Athlon 64 3200+ for about $60 shipped which is an awesome price for a very decent process. I have seen a huge performance increase from this upgrade. I do still see some stutter, but it is rare compared to what I was seeing with the sempron. I paid about $80 for the Sempron and about $60 for the Athlon for a total of around $140. I should have just paid that much or a little more for a decent processor to begin with to save myself the hassle. AnAthlon 3400+ would have been a good upgrade too, but they are nowhere to be found. I think AMD made a 3700+ chip for socket 754 as the terminal class for the socket, but I don't recall ever seeing one on sale.

7. The video card in this system is using a PCI interface. I don't think I need to linger about the (de)merits of this particular solution. When I built the system, PCI Express was simply too expensive. Luckily, this Biostar board does have a PCI Express x16 slot, so I have an upgrade path provided I can get it in a low profile form factor. If it comes down to it though, I would move the whole system into a new, full-height case if it meant a good graphics boost. Right now, performance is acceptable, especially with the recent CPU upgrade.

8. A BlueTooth Keyboard/Mouse solution would be the best option if they weren't so expensive. I hear the range and reception of those devices are respectable. In terms of features having a mouse integrated into the KB would be the ideal situation, as it is very difficult to use a mouse when sitting in an armchair or on the couch. It's not impossible, but it is not comfortable either. You also need to maintain two RF connections one for the KB one for the mouse. It's really a moot point however, because you can't operate a computer using a CRT TV because you can't read the text. This means if you are going to be using a CRT, you also need a monitor connected to the computer in order to control it. And I can't read a monitor screen from ten feet away, so I the wireless KB/M is a moot point anyway. I would really like to hear how others have resolved this issue because as it is now I have two options for controlling this computer. 1) get up, walk over to the screen where I use the KB/M. 2) I use RealVNC to operate the computer remotely. This second method works fairly well in most situations, but there are times when I still need to be at the physical computer to get the job done.

9. When the budget allows, I have a few ideas for the future.
a) A digital TV. A widescreen HDTV LCD would eliminate the need for a secondary monitor in addition to the obvious improvement in video quality. Another good option would be a home theater projector. very cool. very expensive.
b) A decent receiver would be an excellent addition. I understand that I could output audio/video signals from a computer into a receiver, and the receiver could forward it to the appropriate device. I could then use one set of speakers for all of the home theater devices, and they would all be controlled by one device.
c) Obviously having a top-end computer would be choice.

Well, that's my setup. I hope I haven't bored you all to death with the details. Perhaps this will help someone else just getting into the HTPC realm to make some smart choices as well as broaden their understanding of what the HTPC is for and can do.

Peace.

[Neuromancer]

I guess I should upload my pics now that I changed from my stacker, on the first, its becoming a 1TB file server (to start) with a beta test of WHS.

Of course this case is getting modded soon....DVDRW is going external, HDDs are moving to 5.25" bay... and the hdd area is going to be incorporated into a mini WC design somehow...

EDIT: Oh yah DFI infinity ATI motherboard... x1950XT to power the 22" ws for now (card coming monday) and the onboard video powers the TV... YES, both PCI-E and onboard at the same time!!!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u153/cyber42punk/HTPC003small.jpg
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[scoobydoo]

I use a modded xbox. If you dont need all that a pc offers and just want to watch movies and play a game now and then I highly recommend a modded xbox cause they are cheap to build:)

Not the greatest pics cause I just took them real fast to share. It is alot more clear in person than the pics show.

Home page:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8990/dscf0009ba1.jpg

Movie section(300+ movies at a touch of a button):
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4631/dscf0008kk1.jpg

Movie details:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/959/dscf0007hj6.jpg

Weather section(gonna be 72 tommorrow!)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8730/dscf0010jx7.jpg

[wnnbgwrrr]

Okay so it took a little while, but I've been a wee bit busy. So one of these shots is of the inside of my "HTPC" with the new 8600GTS in it:
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The other of the very non-home theater room that it currently resides in:
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If it puts anyone's mind at ease there is a couch directly across from the widescreen monitor where people can watch TV and movies... It bears mentioning that out of the box the MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC is intolerably loud for HTPC applications but I am holding out hope that something can be done to control fan speeds, I just haven't had the time to look into it yet. I let you all know if I find that there is something that can be done about.

[smokie mcpott]

http://tpgclan.sytes.net/pics/ocforums/100_1310.jpg

http://tpgclan.sytes.net/pics/ocforums/100_1311.jpg

please pay no attention to the jumble of wires (its all in your head, there are no wires)

[kovboi]

I've just finished overhauling my htpc, though it's involved a lot of time and annoyance to get things working right (not worth it to go into the niggling details). In a nutshell, these were the changes:

motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE --> Abit KN8 SLI
vga: Gigabyte 6600LE --> Gigabyte silent 8600gt
tv tuners: Hauppauge pvr-150 --> Avermedia M780 (pci-e x1)
psu: Seasonic S12 330W --> Corsair VX480W
wlan: Netgear 311 --> Abit airpace Wifi (pci-e x1)
...I added an extra gig of RAM for grins.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1503/computerpics001bc5.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=computerpics001bc5.jpg)http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9558/computerpics002vd2.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=computerpics002vd2.jpg)

I replaced the stock 60mm fans with quieter panaflos, then stuck a couple of zalman fanmates towards the back where they can be easily reached but won't be visible once it's recessed inside my entertainment center.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/605/computerpics003bk2.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=computerpics003bk2.jpg)

Lastly, I added a 2.5" hdd exclusively for music. Since I tend to manage all my music on my main rig, i got this rosewill enclosure that lets you pop it in and out as needed. So when I need more music, i just carry it to my other pc, copy everything over, then return the enclosure to the htpc:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6217/computerpics004vy8.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=computerpics004vy8.jpg)http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/224/computerpics005gb6.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=computerpics005gb6.jpg)

underneath the hdd on the front panel is a standard front panel for a floppy disk. i removed the fdd panel and glued a filter behind it. there are thee silent scythe 40mm fans behind it, as well, in case i need some extra ventilation.

I just did a fresh install of Vista Home Premium and I'm pretty happy with the improvements in the media center interface and features. The new rig handles it quite well, just in time for football season. :beer:

[benbaked]

Here's the inside of my HTPC:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1985/p1010027wm1.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9923/p1010028jd1.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1107/p1010026iq3.jpg

Specs:

E6600, Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 motherboard, Patriot 4 GB RAM, EVGA 8800GT 512 MB, SB X-Fi Extremegamer, Avermedia M780 TV tuner, FSP Bluestorm 500W, Antec NSK2400 case.

[Saihossoku]

As promised...

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[JakeKlem]

As promised...


Very nice setup! Those speakers look familiar ;)

I might as well join in on the fun...
I dont do much gaming anymore and I bought the cheapo toshiba laptop from worstbuy on BF. I use the laptop for email, typing papers, browsing forums so I decided to turn my desktop into the new HTPC and eGay the old one. I guess the new plasma might have had something to do with it too :clap:
New specs:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
Antec Truepower 430w
DFI Infinity NF UltraII-M2 nF4
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800 Dual Channel
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA
XFX GeForce 8500GT 256MB DRR2
VGA Leadtek TV2000XP Expert Tuner PCI
SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R SATA
Microsoft Wireless comfort curve
Logitech X-530 5.1
Panasonic TH-42PZ77U

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/jakeklem/Livingroom%20HTPC/DSCF0002_resized.jpg

[hafa]

This HTPC is used primarily for playing back DVDs and MP3s, internet browsing and Google Earth with a flight/driving sim every great once in a while. As such, it's more than adequate. Media storage is via a gigabit network with the rig in the sig acting as a file server.

I'm using the same Silverstone case as JCLW; very solid well-designed case, great cooling and room for standard components. The only downside is that there's not much vertical headroom for the HSF. I voltmodded the fans down to 7V and the system is essentially silent; the relatively quiet fan on the projector completely drowns out any noise the system makes.



Specs :

System (nothing special here):


Abit AN52 Motherboard
AMD X2 4400+
PSU: ENERMAX eg495p-ve noisetaker ii
2GB Samsung PC5300 RAM
XFX 7300GT Video Card w/passive HS
Stock cooling


Peripherals:


Logitech Z5300 5.1 surround sound speaker system
Viewsonic PJ402D DLP projector
Viewsonic VA1916W Monitor
Logitech mx 3200 laser multimedia keyboard & laser mouse


Pictures:

http://www.angildesign.com/images/comp/htpc/10.jpg
Monitor, keyboard, mouse with the htpc and projector in the background. Things were a bit dusty when I took these images due to our home expansion project.

http://www.angildesign.com/images/comp/htpc/11.jpg
HTPC and projector; note the remote for the sound system; the rear speakers are on the shelf above the HTPC.

http://www.angildesign.com/images/comp/htpc/12.jpg
The subwoofer is on the ground and the wheel and pedals for the driving simulator on top of it.

http://www.angildesign.com/images/comp/htpc/14.jpg
7' of BIG SCREEN magic with the smaller monitor in the foreground. Not having to fire up a 400W projector to do smaller tasks is a big energy saver. Front and center speakers are above the retractable screen.

[=ACID RAIN=]

Thanks :)

Here is the setup. I know the HTPC doesn't match, but I had white and green laying around and I was bored LOL. It looks better in person, especially the top since for the bezel I was working with less paint. I didn't do the sides, because Like I said, temp case haha. Sub is behind the tv. The system is samsung's HT-X50, perfect (to me) for a budget build.
http://texasoverclockers.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/ht_1.jpg

[Jason Kitchens]

A pic of what works as my main pc and the closest thing i have to a htpc at the moment.
Specs:
Opteron 1218
tf550 am2
4g ddr800 gskill and supertalent
320g sata
samsung sata dvd rw internal
Xbox 360 HDDVD drive external
MSI 7900gs hdcp
Avermedia m150d analog tuner
HdHomerun (still working on making it work)
Alpha cool wc setup for cpu only
st85zf psu
aerocool spiral galaxys case
22" and 24" acer lcd's

[a70turbo]

Here's my contribution:

My HTPC consists of my some older S939 parts:
DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D
AMD 3800x2 @ 2.8ghz
2x1gb Muskin XP4000 Redline + 2x1gb Corsair TWINX2048-3200PRO @ DDR510
eVGA 7900gs
Coolermaster GeminII heatsink, Thermalright HR-05 chipset cooler
2x500GB WD Caviar16 + 2x500gb Hitachi Deskstar 7K500
OCZ 600w Gamestream PSU
Thermaltake Matrix case, 2x120mm Antec Tricool fans
Nec 3520A DVD drive
Logitech Dinovo Edge keyboard
Samsung LNT5265
Yamaha HTRN-5060
Logitech Harmony 880 remote

Sorry for the crappy pic. :)

[chaos]

Here ya go!!!

got a Rocketfish bluetooth keyboard and mouse-waiting on my LG blu-ray-hd dvd combo drive to arrive!!!! OH and its hooked to a Samsung 52" lcd.. Bioshock has never looked so good!!!!

[james.miller]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/james.miller700/ABCD0005.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/james.miller700/ABCD0006.JPG

please excuse the wiring, its all over the place:p

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/james.miller700/lc17-b/IMG_1119_small.jpg

[Avro]

specs in sig

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0165.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0165.jpg)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0160.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0160.jpg)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0158.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0158.jpg)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0156.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0156.jpg)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0155.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0155.jpg)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/th_IMGP0154.jpg (http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/Avro_foto/HTPC/IMGP0154.jpg)

[nd4spdbh2]

OK finally decided to post some pics up of my hometheater setup...

(for info on the speakers check it out HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5588763&postcount=74))

OK my htpc is in my sig but heres the details..

Lian Li PC-6070 Silent
E4300 ocd to 3ghz and undervolted to 1.25v (1.325v is stock)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L w/ custom made Vreg heatsinks (not pictured)
2x1 GB Crucial DDR2 667 4-4-4-12
Evga 7600GT KO 256mb PCIE gfx card
80GB seagate PATA hd
ATI TV wonder elite
and an older Enermax 350w psu.

I custom made a socket 775 backplate and mounting hardware for my socket 478 thermalright SI-120 ... detailed HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5497006&postcount=182)

I use Media portal as a front end (simply AMAZING front end i might add) and an Ati Remote Wonder plus to control it. I also use nvidia purevideo audio and video codecs as well as ffdshow with upscalling goodies, hence the reason i needed to overclock my e4300 to 3ghz. The connection to the tv is via an HDMI cable with a dvi to hdmi dongle, and i connect to the receiver via coaxial SPDIF from the onboard rear IO pannel

Pics of the comp
http://teamlosi.andrevas.net/pics/si120htpc/P2170049.JPG

hd mounting system... i hate hd noise!
http://teamlosi.andrevas.net/pics/comp/htpc/COMP%20005.JPG

Pics of the HT steup.
rears (just plain crappy pic)
http://teamlosi.andrevas.net/pics/comp/htpc/IMG_0333.JPG

EDIT... forgot the fronts! and htpc
http://teamlosi.andrevas.net/pics/comp/htpc/w_o_grills_front.jpg

[e_1337]

Mine has changed a lot in the last few months, here's the latest images;

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8142/dsc02129oo5.jpg
My rig and projector are all close together now, makes it easier to do things.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1981/dsc02131kw0.jpg
It's hard to see just how big the screen is but you can see my cat there for perspective, it's just over 155"

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1836/dsc02135ew8.jpg
My living room is over 18ft long so you can see the effect it has.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1559/dsc02134zf6.jpg
I love HD sources on LCD's, they look so much better. :)

[michaelkahl]

Well I've been posting questions, so I thought I'd post my HTPC rig in this thread. Enjoy.
http://snappshotmemories.smugmug.com/photos/292572096_q48dF-M.jpg
http://snappshotmemories.smugmug.com/photos/292572036_mCoZA-M.jpg
http://snappshotmemories.smugmug.com/photos/292572196_QdKnM-M.jpg
http://snappshotmemories.smugmug.com/photos/292572326_WBwxB-M.jpg

[Mu||et]

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1489/sam61ak3.jpg

[JamesXP]

Bump My HTPC http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/Cluney-/HTPC.jpg Specs 2800+ 1GB Memory 250GB HD FX5600+ Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 28" Phillips CRT

[JamesXP]

Bump, new TV

JVC 100Hz 32"

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/Cluney-/HTPCfixWB.jpg

[gangaskan]

here is mine!


http://gangaskan.dyndns.ws/pics/computer%20pics/S6301187.JPG



no porn though ^_^

[jason4207]

Time to show off my goods!

Starting in the office...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7176/p2040301ig9.jpg

You can see my wrap-around desk config. My son is playing Spiderman on my old PC. It's a 3.0c P4 OC'd to 3.6 on stock voltage w/ an X800XT AIW. Still plays most of the games my son likes at 1680x1050 and has no problems acting as a HTPC if my son wants to watch movies by himself. It does heat up the room more than even my behemoth, though. Here's the inside:

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8448/p4060020en4.jpg


Moving around to the right we have the file server. 4 x 640GB WD HDDs, & an old IDE 250GB HDD for cache gives me almost 2TB of usable storage w/ lots of room for easy growth due to the unRAID software. I'm still in the process of moving all my DVDs to the server. Only ~200 have been moved across so far.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8696/p9260172dw2.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7573/p9260170nm2.jpg

I actually have a better HS in there now, but it isn't needed. This thing really sips the juice:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8414/pb180191xl1.jpg

It's a E5200 & a P43 MSI Neo3-F I have it underclocked to 2GHz (333x6) at 0.88v.


Coming around we come to my main rig (and company laptop). See sig for details.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7333/p2040304sg3.jpg


Continued...

[jason4207]

Moving into the adjacent room (living room/home theater) we get to my HTPC setup! Here is my Sanyo PLV-Z4 720P projector:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8915/p2040305ch2.jpg

Notice the concealed wiring:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9604/p2040306qy4.jpg

Below you can see the surround speakers (all speakers are Paradigm). I had to go 6.1 b/c using 7.1 would have been difficult due to the open area toward the kitchen. All the wiring is hidden in the walls. 10AWG w/ hand soldered gold connectors to a triple-gang faceplate behind the entertainment center.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/479/p2040309yt7.jpg

Here is the front shot. Screen is 95" diagonal viewable custom-made 'Light-Fusion' which uses a Mississippi-mud painted acrylic mirror to ensure all available light is reflected back towards the viewer.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/55/p2040307wa4.jpg


Close-up of entertainment center. I built this thing as a temporary fix when we moved in. My brother-in-law promised to build us a custom cherry entertainment center. I bought the raw wood, and he did get started...but then he got my sister pregnant. It's been 2 years now. We are currently looking for something that will fit...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8362/p2040311pr9.jpg

You can see the triple-gang faceplate on the wall behind the equipment. Also pictured is the PVR for the satellite dish, the IR receiver for the HTPC, my modded Wii, DVD player, modded PS2, component A/V switch, and 7.1 receiver. I recently retired my VCR, and tape deck.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4443/p2040312xp0.jpg

Here are the guts of the HTPC. Its an E5200 & a P5Q-EM OC'd to 3.6GHz (300x12). No optical drives..don't need them. DVDs can be played on my DVD player, but most movies will come from the server. I just used an old IDE 40GB HDD for the OS...again the main storage is in the server. I think I'm going to put my extra gfx card in here eventually so that some games can be played out here. I used to have my main rig pull double-duty as my main rig and a HTPC w/ some creative wiring, but w/ a dedicated PC for HT it is much easier to control and I can still game or OC while my wife/son watches a movie.

One remote to rule them all! Well I guess it's really 2...I also have a IR keyboard to go on the web and what not.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6088/p2040310bq2.jpg

This is what pulls it all together. Before I had a remote for the projector, stereo, PVR, etc. I programmed the PVR remote to control most other things, but it could never control the projector, and a lot of the more advanced controls were impossible to program. The Logitech 880 is easy to program, and the macros are easy to setup. 1 button, and the system automatically turns on the right gear and turns off unneeded gear...even the HTPC!

When the HTPC is turned on (actually it just wakes up from sleep) it goes right into Vista64-MediaCenter. Here is a shot of the movie selection screen:

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5536/p2040313cg3.jpg


And here is the money shot!

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1561/p2040314nv4.jpg

Edit: just noticed I need to re-align the projector...

[JamesXP]

Just reorganised, rebuilt, re-jigged everything...


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/Cluney-/HPTCMANAGEDANDCLEAN.jpg

Specs are now as my main rig in the sig, I have really struggled with wires, there is one power receptacle in my room, which sucks real bad.


I got some power usage figures too..

80W Desktop Idle
85W Mediaportal Idle
90W Playing TV or Movies
7.5W S3 Standby

[LandShark]

alright, here's an old pic of my dedicated HT that I built about a year ago (I have a build progress thread over @ avsforum). I'll post up some newer pics later on included the new living room setup (HTPC, speakers, AVR, etc.)

http://landshark-racing.com/pics/ht/68.jpg

Epson home cinema 1080UB projector
100" Elite CineWhite screen
Yamaha RX-V1800
Full Definitive Technology speakers: BP7006 x 2, CLR2300, BP1.2x x 2, and a SuperCubeI sub.
Panamax 5300 power conditioner
Harmony 1000 remote
Wii
PS3
etc.

[LandShark]

and here's the living room and bedroom

the living room HTPC is also working as my PVR server.

Antec Fusion Black (my personal fav htpc case!)
P5Q-EM, E8400, Mini Ninja, Seagate 1.5TB HDD, LG bluray/DVD burner, HVR-950 OTA HD tuner, HD-PVR tuner for DirecTV STB.

Connect to the Onkyo via single HDMI and Onkyo to TV also via HDMI.

http://landshark-racing.com/pics/livingroom/1.jpg

4yrs old 52" Samsung 720p HDTV (next on the upgrade list)
Onkyo 606
Mirage Omnisat OS3 5.0 speakers (2x FS, 1x CC, 2x SAT)
Velodyne SPL-800 sub
(the whole sound system was my last year's x'mas gift from....................me :D )
Harmony 880

http://landshark-racing.com/pics/livingroom/3.jpg

and the bedroom basic HTPC client.

Shuttle XPC, E6600, ATI 2600Pro w/ HIS Ice cooler, cheap 42" Sceptre HDTV and cheap LG 2.1 sound system, Harmony 520.

also connect from the HTPC to TV via a single HDMI cable.

http://landshark-racing.com/pics/bedroom/new/2.jpg

and my home main media server. running WHS and store all of my media files (music, movies, tv series, pics, etc.), and also backing up my whole house PCs.

Antec 300 case, used/old E2180, used/old P35-DS3, 2GB ram, 2x WD 1TB Green HDD, 1x WD 750GB AAKS, have another 750GB Seagate 7200.10 from my previous living room HTPC going in it soon.

http://landshark-racing.com/pics/homeserver/4.jpg

I'm going to do a detail write up thread and post more pics 'bout my home media setup. :cool:

[kaltag]

Well here goes...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d46/exilesanhusky/media%20center/IMG_0030.jpg
Living room is in an older cooler master desktop case (ATC-620-BX1). Specs - 2.66 Core 2 duo@stock, 2GB corsair DDR2, MSI 9400M motherboard, Hauppauge PVR 150 for the satellite tuner and a Pinnacle PCTV HD for OTA HD, 1TB western digital SATA drive, external dual layer DVD burner, 50" samsung TV (connected via HDMI), Logitech Z680 speaker system, OS is Vista Ultimate and I use Vista Media Center with the My Movies plugin. It streams most it's media from the server in my room over a Gb connection. One of these days I'll get some real cable management going on :D

Speaking of the server...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d46/exilesanhusky/media%20center/IMG_0032.jpg
Case is an Antec Nine Hundred, the power supply is some generic norwood micro that's been my workhorse PSU for years. Motherboard is a pretty basic foxconn (forgot the model) with an A64 3700+ and 512MB DDR 400. The system won't post/boot without a video card so it has an ancient voodoo2 to serve the purpose though the system has never had a monitor hooked up. I added a second NIC and use the system as my firewall/router as well. Storage is 4x1TB Western Digital SATA drives in a software RAID 5 using the onboard ports and is served to the LAN via the onboard Gb NIC and 5 port Gb switch. The OS runs on an old 80GB seagate PATA drive. The server runs Gentoo for the OS and serves up files via Samba (windows file sharing protocol) and Mediatomb for UPNP aware devices (PS3/360/etc.) It also runs Subsonic for a web based music server so I can listen to my music at work. The server also has a stripped out XP install that runs in a vmware virtual machine solely for running uTorrent. I have yet to find a linux torrent client that is as configurable as uTorrent and I hate leaving another machine on all day/night just for torrenting.

Now for the newest addition...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d46/exilesanhusky/media%20center/IMG_0031.jpg
I know it's a bit overkill but I felt like a media center for the garage would be nice since I spend a LOT of time out there. A former client abandoned the computer because it only had a bad hard drive. I threw in an old drive and wireless card I had lying around an voila. It streams media from the server as well via the wireless. System is a 3.0Ghz P4, 1.25GB of RAM, 40GB hard drive, ATI x300 video, netgear wireless card and onboard everything else. The OS is Vista Ultimate. The sound is hooked up to the receiver with the speakers mounted near the ceiling. I actually really like this set up and its nice not having to go inside and getting my nice keyboard all greasy if I need to look stuff up online, Having all my music and movies available is nice as well. The screen is 19" LCD w/ wallmount I got for $20 when Compusa closed here.

[IKIKUINTHENUTZ]

The PITA of Media

Specs:
Specs
Intel E8200
Gskill 2gb ram
Lite-ON DVD+-RW
WD 640GB BLACK
Anyware MCE Remote
Galaxy 9800gt (non reference)
Happage 1250
Linksys Wifi G
X-FI xtrememusic
ARK Black Aluminum / Steel HTPC 400BA Case
Coolermaster Silent pro M 600w

Heatsinks:
HR-01 4u
HR-03 r600
HR-05
HR-05 IFX SLI
HR-07 duo Low
HR-09 Type 2 X 2 qty
HR-09 Type 3
HR-11

Fans
Exhaust Scythe KAZE JYU SLIM SY1012SL12L 100mm
Intake Panaflo 92x25mm 2100rpm FBA09A12L1BX modded to 5v @ 875rpm
Exhaust 135mm fan in PSU 800 - variable fan

Accessories:
Lamptron case damping foam
Lamptron PC silencing kit
Techflex non fray sleeving
Thermaltake sleeving
3m thermaltape
3m ceramic thermal pad
Krylon Black spray paint
Vespar Gold spray paint

Mods:
Months of planning before deciding on hardware to use for the build. Interior spray painted case. No Stock heat sinks anywhere. Passive build relies solely on negative pressure under airflow path cooling (similar to most dell systems). Custom spray painted gold I/o back side and pci parts. Black spray paint for some pci parts for black pcb.

Time to make this? Over a month.
How much I spent? Too embarrassing to say, you do the math.
Why it's called it PITA? It was PITA during installation, that's why.
More to come for images and updates. Subscribe people Smile

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[Maxvla]

Newly assembled HTPC. Been using it for about a week as a desktop. Still waiting on TV money.

http://stashbox.org/513387/htpc3.jpg

http://stashbox.org/513388/htpc2.jpg

http://stashbox.org/513389/htpc1.jpg

AMD Athlon X2 5050e 2.5GHz 45W (Will be upgraded to Phenom II X4 when the 65W versions finally come out this fall)
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P AM2/AM2+/AM3
G.Skill 4x1GB PC6400 DDR2-800
Sapphire Radeon 4670
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (100 OS, 900 Storage) (have 20 drive server for actual storage, see below the htpc in first pic)
NEC 16x DVDRW (IDE lol)
Encore ENLWI-N Wireless N card (3 antennas) (not pictured, placed in last PCI slot next to PSU)
Nexus Value 430W PSU (silent)
Nexus Real Silent 80mm Fan x 2
Silverstone LC17 Black

[JCLW]

New setup for me. With our new 42" LCD TV the Celeron-1200 / Radeon 9250 just wasn't cutting it anymore. Plus I was out of drive space.

New setup:
Asus P5QL-EPU (P43 based)
E5200 cooled passively by a Scythe Zipang 2
R4670 cooled passively by a Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo
2x 1GB OCZ Platinum rev.2 DDR2
2.5" 160GB WD Scorpio Blue (5400rpm, 8MB) OS/Apps
Promise SX4-M controller
2x 1.5TB WD Green (5400rpm, 32MB) RAID 1 Data
Blu-Ray ROM
MS Bluetooth Mouse & Keyboard
Vista Ultimate
Logitech Harmony 880 & USB IR receiver

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/252/img6422r.jpg
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[Weeman]

My wife gave me "carte blanche" on my basement... to start off with, yes I need a new TV (stay tuned the "hole in the wall" fits a 58' screen, I'm thinking 6 series samsung 60')... I need better Audio, my HTPC is lacking. And my cable management sucks. There is also a sony receiver and a JVC powered Sub that you can't see for the Antec Skeleton system. 100W RMS for front stage (sony/polk), logitech 5w (per channel center and surround). Logitec MX Air mouse controlling the HTPC, works great. Wireless keyboard to come, on HTPC. I'd like suggestions, I'm board as hell with theis system.

[Spion]

Here's some pics of my HTPC setup. Its a college apartment so it's not exactly the best looking.

Specs:
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H
CPU - Athlon II 250
Memory - 2gig DDR2
Video Card - ATI HD4200 (785G)
Hard Drives - Maxtor 300gig | 2x1TB WD GP
Case - nMediaPC 1000B + PRO-LCD
PSU - Sunbeam NUUO 550watt
Tuner - Hauppauge HVR-2250

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Spion/IMG00003-20091130-1044.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Spion/IMG00004-20091130-1044.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Spion/IMG00005-20091130-1047.jpg

[StupidFast900]

bit late getting to this, ive had this setup for about a year. i still tweak things here and there but right now my priority is to get the wiring into the wall and get everything cleaned up in the back

[audioAl]

I recently moved from Houston, I own T'S & Blues Custom Computers

[Nebulous]

Dang, you guyz need to resize those pics! :rolleyes:

Mine:

P4 3.0 Prescott w/Scythe Ninja
ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe
(2x512) PQI DDR2 667 and 512MB (2x256) of Crucial Ballistix
Nvidia 5200 PCI Video card (ugh), but serves it's purpose for now
Seagate 160gb HDD
Sony DVDRW
Fortron 400w Psu
Giant Apevia Case (ugh)


27" Westy LCD ( Upgrading to a 32" soon)
JVC RX-5020V
Brown Boxes:
12" Electro Bass woofers
4" Pioneer Mids
3" Piezo Tweeters in ea.

Far right corner:
JVC Sub Base

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/DamNeb/DSC00023.jpg
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[chaos]

CPU-- http://go.ocforums.com/?id=1132X508322&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduc t.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16819103726 $79.99
MOBO-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ecs%20785g $81.00
Memory-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227321
Hard drives-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152096 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136359
Windows 7 Ultimate($20)
Gyration remote and Keyboard--(~$80)
Power supply-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...89&Tpk=cu-700b (paid $49.99 w/20 MIR)
Video card-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...258R-_-Product attached a quiet 80mm fan to it to help keep cool
TV tuner card-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815293002
Looking to get this again 'cause I have hd dvd movies and can get them cheap- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-137-_-Product
I want this case-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811204023 I like the shorter height

Well-got everything for my new setup(except for bluray drive) but now I have a dilemma. teh fins on my fanless 4850 are about an 1/8" to tall to close the case!!! I believe I can bend them down w/o to much problem, but theres a row of copper plates I have to contend with. Any ideas how I can do this(maybe grind them down???))

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[fusion509]

Here are some pics of my Home theater that is in my room. I have a projector that projects onto my wall with 5.1 sound system. I have a 25 ft vga cable going to the projector and i use xbmc for my movies.

The front audio
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By fusion509 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/fusion509), shot with Canon PowerShot SD1000 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+SD1000&make=Canon) at 2010-03-25

The Couch/bed
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By fusion509 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/fusion509), shot with Canon PowerShot SD1000 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+SD1000&make=Canon) at 2010-03-25

Rear speaker mounted on the bed
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By fusion509 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/fusion509), shot with Canon PowerShot SD1000 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+SD1000&make=Canon) at 2010-03-25

66in screen
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4852/003ims.jpg
By fusion509 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/fusion509), shot with Canon PowerShot SD1000 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+SD1000&make=Canon) at 2010-03-25