It's absolutely possible to build a better HD HTPC from scratch than you guys are doing for under a grand..
start from scratch. I did it. use an AMD Athlon 3200+ or higher ($145,- and $80,-)and one of those nvidia nforce 430 / 6150 based boards and you will spare yourself a videocard. put that into memory and storage and up go the specs of your little powerhouse.
I have build mine using
Asus A8N vm-CSM
athlon 64 3200+
1024 MB kingston
samsung 250Gb s-ata 300 (silent!!)
Firedtv DVB-T hdtv tuner
crystalfontz LCD in front of cabinet
silverstone passive PSU (silent again!!)
Plextor slot in DVD burner
and I converted an old Cyberhome DVD player case to match my stereo.
all this at a mere 870,-
and that's in europe guys, i'm sure this can be done in the us too as all goods need to be imported here.
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It's absolutely possible to build a better HD HTPC from scratch than you guys are doing for under a grand..
start from scratch. I did it. use an AMD Athlon 3200+ or higher ($145,- and $80,-)and one of those nvidia nforce 430 / 6150 based boards and you will spare yourself a videocard. put that into memory and storage and up go the specs of your little powerhouse.
I have build mine using
Asus A8N vm-CSM
athlon 64 3200+
1024 MB kingston
samsung 250Gb s-ata 300 (silent!!)
Firedtv DVB-T hdtv tuner
crystalfontz LCD in front of cabinet
silverstone passive PSU (silent again!!)
Plextor slot in DVD burner
and I converted an old Cyberhome DVD player case to match my stereo.
all this at a mere 870,-
and that's in europe guys, i'm sure this can be done in the us too as all goods need to be imported here.