Craig Aguiar
Stunt Coordinator
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- Feb 16, 2003
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Hey all. I am about to embark on the next attempt. I have selected a few components that I think I will include and was wondering if anyone could fill in the blanks for me so to speak.
Case Thermaltake VC7001SNS
Video card nVidia 8600 GTS - i chose this one as it's in an $8000 HTPC I just saw in Hometheater Magazine so it must be good for an HTPC. check out this link. it's packaged with a modular PS to cut down on cables in my tiny case
EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS Video Card PSU Bundle - Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply in Canada at TigerDirect.ca
700watt power supply - who cares what kind as long as it's quiet
RAM - 2 gig of something - don't know which one to get
processor ???? it must be at least an AMD X2 64 3800+ (or the Intel equivalent). Why? Don't know I just read that somewhere.
MoBo - I was looking at this one MSI 975X Platinum Socket 775
again, not sure what to get but one thing is for sure. it has to have the pci-e slot in posotion 6. the case has an adapter that alows you to mount the video card sideways and for it to fit the website says it must sit in position 6 on the mother board. Something with heat pipes to aid cooling would be good. Also it must be able to use firewire. RAID isn't a huge deal as i only plan to have one HD.
HD - Seagate 750GB barricuda
Optical drive - I'm thinking of this one
Pioneer BDC-2202B Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Combo Drive - I don't really care that it doesn't burn Blue Ray. Once thing that bugs me is that Blu-Ray DVDs must be played through the bundled WinDVD 8 LE player, can't through Media Center nor Windows Media Player. Is this normal for blue ray or just this one
That's about it for components. Ultimatly i just want to run this thing into a slave amp (6 channel) not a receiver. I want o be able to open the drawer, pop in a disc and have it play very quickly, like a regular DVD player. i don't know if it's processor speed or drive speed, etc that dictates that or what.
Thanks alot for your help. Amy input, good or bad, that you can offer would be much appreciated.
Craig
Case Thermaltake VC7001SNS
Video card nVidia 8600 GTS - i chose this one as it's in an $8000 HTPC I just saw in Hometheater Magazine so it must be good for an HTPC. check out this link. it's packaged with a modular PS to cut down on cables in my tiny case
EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS Video Card PSU Bundle - Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply in Canada at TigerDirect.ca
700watt power supply - who cares what kind as long as it's quiet
RAM - 2 gig of something - don't know which one to get
processor ???? it must be at least an AMD X2 64 3800+ (or the Intel equivalent). Why? Don't know I just read that somewhere.
MoBo - I was looking at this one MSI 975X Platinum Socket 775
again, not sure what to get but one thing is for sure. it has to have the pci-e slot in posotion 6. the case has an adapter that alows you to mount the video card sideways and for it to fit the website says it must sit in position 6 on the mother board. Something with heat pipes to aid cooling would be good. Also it must be able to use firewire. RAID isn't a huge deal as i only plan to have one HD.
HD - Seagate 750GB barricuda
Optical drive - I'm thinking of this one
Pioneer BDC-2202B Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Combo Drive - I don't really care that it doesn't burn Blue Ray. Once thing that bugs me is that Blu-Ray DVDs must be played through the bundled WinDVD 8 LE player, can't through Media Center nor Windows Media Player. Is this normal for blue ray or just this one
That's about it for components. Ultimatly i just want to run this thing into a slave amp (6 channel) not a receiver. I want o be able to open the drawer, pop in a disc and have it play very quickly, like a regular DVD player. i don't know if it's processor speed or drive speed, etc that dictates that or what.
Thanks alot for your help. Amy input, good or bad, that you can offer would be much appreciated.
Craig