My New HTPC

sikes

Hows this spec?

Will de watching dvds, divx, movies, playing music through my amp. I dont play computer games though.

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Shuttle SN95G5V3 Barebone S939 Black nForce3 Ultra, AGP, S-ATA, GbLAN, 240W E 306


Shuttle Remote Control for XPC infrared, USB E 31.99


Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-W162C, 16x, Dual, Black OEM E 42.91


Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB IDE ATA/100 8MB 7200RPM

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.Article number: 307497 E 98.51


AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939, 512KB, BOXED w/fan E 72.5


Club3D Radeon FX5200, 256MB DDR, 128bit AGP 8X, DVI, VGA, Tv-Out, Retail E 50


Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB CL3 5ns Unbuffered, Non-parity, 2.5V,128Meg x 64 E 129


Club3D ZAP-TV 1001 MCE Tv-Tuner + FM, MPEG2, FM tuner, Teletext support, PCI E 53

Is the tv card ok for recording the odd program from a coax input?

Comes to 780e from komplett.

Cheers

SouperComputer

Do you plan watching HD content? If not, its complete over kill in the CPU and RAM department. If you are sticking with those specs for HD I would:

Drop the WD HD and replace with a Seagate (They are both excellent, but generally Seagates are quieter)
Drop the remote and get the Microsoft MCE one.
Also, if you have a slot free, try to nab an old audigy soundcard off ebay. It makes a world of difference.


TV card is fine.

mossym

i'd bump up that cpu for a high def pc...or even go to a dual core...3200 stuttered trying to play the same file my 3700+ plays smoothly