as the title says...
looking to build a htpc from some spare pc parts i have laying around... cable prices are pissing me off (with their poor service to boot).
what services provide the best viewing experience for the price by the way? i was reading an article in a pc magazine, and i had actually never thought of going this route. I currently have cable internet, and most of the time the bandwidth isn't being used up to it's potential.
i have:
AMD 3500+
512 x 2 cas 2 memory
6800 GT video card
msi motherboard
250 gb hdd for now
windows xp professional
some cheap psu that i will probably upgrade before i build it
i need:
psu
case
any decoding equipment
software
the reason i decided to use the amd cpu was due to the integrated memory controller, which i suspect will decrease waiting time. paired with cas 2 ram, it should be fairly quick (i hope)
i have never built a HTPC before, so any thoughts/comments/suggestions are very much welcome.
looking to build a htpc from some spare pc parts i have laying around... cable prices are pissing me off (with their poor service to boot).
what services provide the best viewing experience for the price by the way? i was reading an article in a pc magazine, and i had actually never thought of going this route. I currently have cable internet, and most of the time the bandwidth isn't being used up to it's potential.
i have:
AMD 3500+
512 x 2 cas 2 memory
6800 GT video card
msi motherboard
250 gb hdd for now
windows xp professional
some cheap psu that i will probably upgrade before i build it
i need:
psu
case
any decoding equipment
software
the reason i decided to use the amd cpu was due to the integrated memory controller, which i suspect will decrease waiting time. paired with cas 2 ram, it should be fairly quick (i hope)
i have never built a HTPC before, so any thoughts/comments/suggestions are very much welcome.