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Looking at building a nice HTPC, what this spec like?

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  • #2
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Nice list , and the parts will certainly do the job, I dont see a hard drive though , and what are you planning on running , Vista or XP MCE , or just plain old XP ?

    If its Vista , you may want to add another gig of memory.

    And if you are looking at running any version of MCE you will want an MCE remote as well.

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=309575

    Either Vista home premium or Ultimate, or XP MCE will give you a nice big interface for your TV that will let you select all your vids from a nice interface with the MCE remote , instead of navigating through explorer with your keyboard.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/features.mspx


  • #3
    apeking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭apeking


    Thanks,

    Ye ill be afdding a 500GB Sata drive that im goin to take out of my pc now, will be running Vista Ultimate 32bit, will get 2 gb or ram for it.

    I dont know about running media centre due to the fact it doesnt seem to support HD xvids, can you control Vista with the remote??

    Thanks again


  • #4
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Erm ... Im pretty sure Vista will play HD Xvids , all you need is the right codec , and that would be a H264 one right ?

    So , should be no problem , .....

    Failing that , splash out 30 euro on the latest PowerDVD and it definitely will , you can get media center to use powerdvd as the default player.
    Thats what Im doing myself !


  • #5
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    Looks good, one thing I would point out is again your memory is extremely expensive and is designed for overclocked systems. If your not overclocking I would go for the A-DATA 2gb kit, which is only 4 euro more but you get an extra full gb.

    I just ordered a very similar system which should be delivered later this week :). You can view my configuration here.

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=565966&su=8E5667DA-15A6-489E-9160-9D1422B1AF7A


  • #6
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    Oh and btw I already own this remote which is very good and easy to set up and has lot of programmable functions. It works with media centre and any tv/game console/set-top box

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=322273

    And I also own this keyboard, which is expensive but is also sweet if you can afford it. Very thin and light and the battery lasts weeks at a time.

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=329573


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