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  1. Tekara

    Building a HTPC

    hmm, might consider looking into getting ps/2 extension and just placing the reciever closer to your desired position. a usb extension would work as well if the keyboard was usb. might be the best suggestion since I don't think many designers consider people like us. although I find that most...
  2. Tekara

    Building a HTPC

    the AIW cards are typically only 50$ more to the non-AIW equivillent, so I would wager that the combinations that you are looking at are a bit lack-luster in comparison. the barton 2500+ would be my pick for a cpu, the 1700+ I tend to reccomend for the budget computers, but the barton 2500+...
  3. Tekara

    Building a HTPC

    piece of advice, stay away from the 9700pro TX, the TX models are oem's (dell gets them etc.) that are underclocked. they should overclock back to normal specs but no garuntees on getting more out of them. it's just better to spend the money on the real thing. my pick though if you have the...
  4. Tekara

    Building a HTPC

    for a motherboard I would suggest an nVidia nForce2 solution. the onboard sound, dubbed soundstorm, is equal to a creative audigy so you tend to save some money there. some good ones are the asus a7n8x and the abit nf7 2.0. the nice part is that they output in dd5.1 over the coax and can even...
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