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- Jun 5, 2009
Let me know what you think about this scratch build. Just a newb so any help or comments would be greatly appreciated.
General use is for Watching Cable/DVD's/BR's, Listening to music, Burning DVD's/CD's, Storage, Surfing/email, General living room use) Going to run audio directly to amp then out to 5.1 surround, and video directly to TV.
TV is 50" Samsung 1080p, and using an amp direct to 5.1 speakers.
Proposed Parts List:
Case--Antec Black Aluminum / Steel Fusion Remote Black Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
OP--Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit for System Builders
Motherboard--DFI LP JR P45-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P45 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory--G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
CPU--Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Video--HIS Hightech H465PS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
Drives--(2) HITACHI 0A38016 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Burner--LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner
Power Supply--FSP Group ZEN 400 400W ATX 2.2V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Fanless Power Supply
Turner Card--Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Dual TV Tuner 1213 PCI-Express x1 Interface
Sound Card--HT | OMEGA CLARO Plus+ 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Keyboard/Mouse--Logitech LX 710 Laser Black USB Cordless Standard Desktop
Wireless--Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wireless-N 4.0 Dongle (1T1R) Up to 150Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) WPS PIN, PBC (Hardware WPS Button) QoS-WMM
TOTAL--$1,468.82
General use is for Watching Cable/DVD's/BR's, Listening to music, Burning DVD's/CD's, Storage, Surfing/email, General living room use) Going to run audio directly to amp then out to 5.1 surround, and video directly to TV.
TV is 50" Samsung 1080p, and using an amp direct to 5.1 speakers.
Proposed Parts List:
Case--Antec Black Aluminum / Steel Fusion Remote Black Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
OP--Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit for System Builders
Motherboard--DFI LP JR P45-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P45 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory--G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
CPU--Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Video--HIS Hightech H465PS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
Drives--(2) HITACHI 0A38016 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Burner--LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner
Power Supply--FSP Group ZEN 400 400W ATX 2.2V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Fanless Power Supply
Turner Card--Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Dual TV Tuner 1213 PCI-Express x1 Interface
Sound Card--HT | OMEGA CLARO Plus+ 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Keyboard/Mouse--Logitech LX 710 Laser Black USB Cordless Standard Desktop
Wireless--Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wireless-N 4.0 Dongle (1T1R) Up to 150Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) WPS PIN, PBC (Hardware WPS Button) QoS-WMM
TOTAL--$1,468.82