HTPC

Latest revision as of 02:39, 17 March 2010

Whirlpool has a list of more HTPC Systems here

[edit] $750 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350 (45W)	108
Motherboard	Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H	114
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	48
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	115
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	35
Graphics Card	HD3200 Onboard	-
Case	Antec NSK-2400	122
Power Supply	Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case	-
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	49
Remote	MCE Remote and IR receiver	34
Total Cost	-	625 + Postage

[edit] $750 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200	99
Motherboard	Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD	124
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	48
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	115
Optical Drive	Asus 1814BLT SATA drive	39
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec NSK-2400	122
Power Supply	Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case	-
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	49
Remote	MCE Remote and IR receiver	34
Total Cost	-	632 + Postage

For MCE and Vista with analogue TV or a Foxtel/Optus box, the Hauppauge PVR150 is ideal. If you want to do DVB TV, get the Nova-T 500MCE as it has dual tuners - both of these cards are low-profile or standard height. For MythTV under Linux, the AverMedia A777 is natively supported - see www.linuxtv.org for more cards.

Now that HD-DVD has capitulated, consider buying a Blu Ray drive instead of a DVD (Pioneer BDC-S02).

If using Linux you will probably want to stay with Nvidia rather than ATI

Nvidia
GT 240
GTS 250

ATI
Best Passive Cooled HTPC Video Card - HD5450
Best Low Profile HTPC Video Card - HD5570
Best HTPC Video Card - HD5670

[edit] More Links

Audio Visual, Digital TV on your PC, MythTV, Sound Card, Windows XP DVB Tuner Setup, Windows MCE & Windows Media Center Edition, New System Recommendations

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+Whirlpool has a list of more HTPC Systems [http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_htpc here]
 ==== $750 AMD ====
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 ! CPU
-| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=X2+5000%2B 126]
+| AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350 (45W) || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=be-2350 108]
 | rowspan="12"| [[Image:NSK2400.jpg|right|Antec NSK-2400]]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Motherboard
-|[http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1585&modelmenu=1 Asus M2A-VM HDMI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?sourceid=Mozilla-search&q=M2A-VM+HDMI 95]
+|Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=MA78GM-S2H 114]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! RAM
-| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 50]
+| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 48]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Hard Drive
-| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 119]
+| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 115]
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 ! Optical Drive
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 ! Graphics Card
-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| HD3200 Onboard || -
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 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! TV Tuner Card
-| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 55]
+| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 49]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Remote
-| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 39]
+| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 34]
 |
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Total Cost
-| - || 641 + Postage
+| - || 625 + Postage
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 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! CPU
-| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_dual-core/index.htm Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=E2180 105]
+| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_dual-core/index.htm Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=E2200 99]
 | rowspan="12"| [[Image:NSK2400.jpg|right|Antec NSK-2400]]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Motherboard
-| [http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=Fatal1ty+F-I90HD&fMTYPE=LGA775 Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Fatal1ty+F-I90HD 131]
+| [http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=Fatal1ty+F-I90HD&fMTYPE=LGA775 Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Fatal1ty+F-I90HD 124]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! RAM
-| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 55]
+| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston+667 48]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Hard Drive
-| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 121]
+| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 115]
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 ! Optical Drive
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 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! TV Tuner Card
-| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 55]
+| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 49]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Remote
-| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 39]
+| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 34]
 |
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Total Cost
-| - || 669 + Postage
+| - || 632 + Postage
 |-
 |}
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 For MCE and Vista with analogue TV or a Foxtel/Optus box, the Hauppauge PVR150 is ideal. If you want to do DVB TV, get the Nova-T 500MCE as it has dual tuners - both of these cards are low-profile or standard height. For [[MythTV]] under Linux, the AverMedia A777 is natively supported - see www.linuxtv.org for more cards.
+Now that HD-DVD has capitulated, consider buying a Blu Ray drive instead of a DVD [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=BDC-S02 (Pioneer BDC-S02)].
+If using Linux you will probably want to stay with Nvidia rather than ATI
+'''Nvidia'''<br>
+GT 240<br>
+GTS 250<br>
+'''ATI'''<br>
+Best Passive Cooled HTPC Video Card - HD5450<br>
+Best Low Profile HTPC Video Card - HD5570<br>
+Best HTPC Video Card - HD5670<br>
+==More Links==
+* [[Audio Visual]], [[Digital TV on your PC]], [[MythTV]], [[Sound Card]], [[Windows XP DVB Tuner Setup]], [[Windows MCE]] & [[Windows Media Center Edition]], [[New System Recommendations]]