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looking for a tower pc I can connect to TV in living room...any ideas?

  • 18-07-2011 1:59pm
    #1
    francie82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Hey all,

    im looking to buy a black tower pc i can connect to tv. i intend on using a wireless keyboard and mouse. im not looking for anyting special just something thats reliable..id spend 380 to 500.

    I was looking and i can see there is a lot of options but im not sure which ones to go for....advice needed.


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  • #2
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    I've been using a Dell XPS420 as a htpc for a few years now. You'll easily get one of these in budget second-hand from the likes of Adverts.ie etc. Stick in a cheap AMD/ATi HD5450 with HDMI out and connect to the TV. :)


  • #3
    ricman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭ricman


    get a pc, cpu pentium 4 single core, 1.5ghz cpu. 1 gig ram,pci express slot on adverts ie.Then you can just put in a grahics card, at least 200meg video ram,with hdmi out.single cpu= cooler, quiet, get a grahics card with a large heatsink and a quiet fan.I presume its just an av pc,used for movies,music etc then only advantage of a tower pc,is its easy to upgrade, lots of space for extra hardrives ,easy to install graphics card,or psu.I,d prefer a smaller pc myself if i was to build a av pc.


  • #4
    U_Fig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭U_Fig


    ricman wrote: »
    get a pc, cpu pentium 4 single core, 1.5ghz cpu. 1 gig ram,pci express slot on adverts ie.Then you can just put in a grahics card, at least 200meg video ram,with hdmi out.single cpu= cooler, quiet, get a grahics card with a large heatsink and a quiet fan.I presume its just an av pc,used for movies,music etc then only advantage of a tower pc,is its easy to upgrade, lots of space for extra hardrives ,easy to install graphics card,or psu.I,d prefer a smaller pc myself if i was to build a av pc.

    for that money you could get something like this

    http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=d006202&c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&model_id=inspiron-620

    it's got core i3 3.1ghz, 500GB HDD, 4gb Ram and 1gb AMD radeon graphics card...should play HD movies well and also has a HDMI out port making it easy to connect to a tv...doesn't come with a monitor


  • #5
    francie82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭francie82


    U_Fig wrote: »
    for that money you could get something like this

    http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=d006202&c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&model_id=inspiron-620

    it's got core i3 3.1ghz, 500GB HDD, 4gb Ram and 1gb AMD radeon graphics card...should play HD movies well and also has a HDMI out port making it easy to connect to a tv...doesn't come with a monitor

    sweet thats what im looking 4...cheers


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