HTPC

Latest revision as of 01:39, 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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-==== $750 AM2 ====
+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 3600+ || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=X2+3600 168]
+| AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350 (45W) || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=be-2350 108]
-| rowspan="12"|
+| rowspan="12"| [[Image:NSK2400.jpg|right|Antec NSK-2400]]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Motherboard
-|[http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1138&l1=3&l2=101&l3=296 Asus M2NPV-VM] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?sourceid=Mozilla-search&q=M2NPV-VM 94]
+|Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=MA78GM-S2H 114]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! RAM
-| 2x 512MB Generic DDR2 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=512MB+DDR2 88]
+| 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.seagate.com/docs/pdf/marketing/po_barracuda_7200_10.pdf 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=320GB+SATA 127]
+| [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]
-|
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Optical Drive
-| [http://www.liteonit.com/global/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=67 16x LiteOn SHM-165P6S] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=165P6S 42]
+| [http://www.pioneer.com.au/products/computer_peripherals/index.html 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=212D 35]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Graphics Card
-| Onboard from motherboard || -
+| HD3200 Onboard || -
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Case
-| Cooler Master CM Media 260 HTPC case || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=CoolerMaster+CM+Media+HTPC 105]
+| [http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=92400 Antec NSK-2400]|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=antec+2400 122]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Power Supply
-|[http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=RS-430-PCAR/P&other_title=+RS-430-PCAR%2FP+eXtreme%20Power%20430W 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Coolermaster+430W 49]
+| Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case || -
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
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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 72]
+| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 49]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
-! Additional
+! Remote
-| - || -
+| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 34]
 |
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Total Cost
-| - || 745 + Postage
+| - || 625 + Postage
 |-
 |}
-==== $1000 Core 2 Duo ====
+==== $750 Intel ====
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 ! CPU
-| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm Core 2 Duo E6300] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=E6300 253]
+| [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"|
+| rowspan="12"| [[Image:NSK2400.jpg|right|Antec NSK-2400]]
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Motherboard
-| [http://www.asrock.com/product/ConRoe945G-DVI.htm ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Conroe945G 110]
+| [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
-| 2x 512MB Generic DDR2 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=512MB+DDR2 88]
+| 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.seagate.com/docs/pdf/marketing/po_barracuda_7200_10.pdf 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=320GB+SATA 127]
+| [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]
-|
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Optical Drive
-| [http://www.liteonit.com/global/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=67 16x LiteOn SHM-165P6S] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=165P6S 42]
+| Asus 1814BLT SATA drive || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=asus+1814blt 39]
-|
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Graphics Card
-| 256MB Inno3D 7600GT GDDR3 w/HDTV|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=7600GT+DDR3 160]
+| Onboard from motherboard || -
-|
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Case
-| Cooler Master CM Media 260 HTPC case || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=CoolerMaster+CM+Media+HTPC 105]
+| [http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=92400 Antec NSK-2400]|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=antec+2400 122]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Power Supply
-|[http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=RS-430-PCAR/P&other_title=+RS-430-PCAR%2FP+eXtreme%20Power%20430W 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Coolermaster+430W 49]
+| Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case || -
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
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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 72]
+| Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=VP3020C 49]
 |
 |-bgcolor="#efefef"
-! Additional
+! Remote
-| - || -
+| MCE Remote and IR receiver || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mce+remote 34]
 |
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Total Cost
-| - || 1006 + Postage
+| - || 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 [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>
-I'm unsure about the tuner cards, though...
+==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]]