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[th3 godfather]

why would you want to oc your htpc?

 

[Jay_2]

My Bedroom Setup

Media PC

AM2 3800 X2
2GIG Corsair DDR2
80gig Segate SATAII Harddrive
XQpack Case with upgraded 500W Jantech PSU
Biostar 6100 mATX Motherboard
SATA DVD R/W
Vista Ultimate
External 250GIG USB drive.

Creative 5.1 Upmixer

View from my bed of the LCD 32" HDTV

this will be going up on the wall next month.

 

[LOCO LAPTOP]

I done mine

Core 2 Duo E6600
ECS P4M900T-M (Free when I got a Q6600 from fry's)
2GB Corsair PC5300
WD 80GB Hard Drive (all recorded shows are saved on a network HD)
EVGA 8600GT
CoolerMaster 750W (pick up real cheap for $90)
WinTV-HVR-1600 MC model 1101

 

[MurphysLaww]

This was then, tried this then:




with the silverstone semi-passive cooler.

Now using this setup:



shot of the SLied vid cards:




How it looks now with a little cable organization:

By murphyslaww, shot with KODAK DX7630 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2007-10-27

Going to add swiftech CPU and chipset cooler first, with their 350pump, and a dual 80mm fan radiator to replace the dual fan setup in the back. The 120mm fan in the front will come out as well. Dince I'm running about a 50% overclock, hopefully I'll be able to drop the temps down to the high 40s at load instead of the high 50s-to low 60s I'm getting now. I also have it on top of the cabinet now and will hopefully get those temps with it inside the cabinet, which is the deal I worked out with the ol' lady to get the $$$ to buy the WC setup.

Also hoping to replace the drives with SATA drives, hopefully the new LG Blueray/HD DVD drive, and a couple 74gb Raptors.



New Specs:
42" LG Plasma
Scientific Atlanta 8300HD STB/DVR
Intel 6400 2.13ghz OCed to 3.2 Ghz
SILVERSTONE SST-LC17-S ATX HTPC case
ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
2 GB OCz Platinum 800mhz 4-4-4-12-2t
2 X BFG Nvidia 7950GT OC 256mb vid card SLI BABY!!!
Arctic cooling Cooler 7 Pro
Still soon to be watercooled.
Pushing 10,600 on 3DMark06.

 

[dudewth]

Never posted the update to my htpc.

Sub and rear sat

 

[Tangent inc.]

finished my htpc rebuild... next is the gaming rig

tv, front end and junk and stuff.

all the guts.
i broke the bracket for the chipset cooler... pliers and bracket are not friends, throw in dykes and shit hits the fan. the stock bracket didn't fit anyway so i made one with a newer broken zalman vga cooler bracket. i guess i finally have an excuse for keeping broken parts.

me at work.

a little foam to soak up some hdd chatter echo.

all wired up. the 40 pin is temporary... now that i have the core done i will be adding three wd 1tb drives and the super multi blue, soon i hope.

remotes

 

[PS-RagE]

Those speakers look awful familiar 250s?

 

[Tangent inc.]

hahaha... indeed. right when i bought them a guy was selling the 260's for the same price on audiogon guess ill go back to checking everyday.

 

[Tangent inc.]

i just notice i have pics of my surrounds and rears but i never took any of them installed. no camera so they will have to wait.

 

[Reaper]

Also hoping to replace the drives with SATA drives, hopefully the new LG Blueray/HD DVD drive, and a couple 74gb Raptors.

Just curious, why would you need raptors for the box when you could get much more storage from a 3.0Gbps SATA drive for the same price? If it's hooked directly to the TV you won't have any issue with stutters in the picture over SATA2

 

[empoy]

 

[Tangent inc.]

looks nice... more pics???

 

[Reaper]

56" Samsung DLP full 1080P

Silverstone LC-17

Gigabyte 754 Mobo
Althlon64 3200+
2GB RAM
80GB and 160GB Seagate HD's
Leadtek WinFast TV Tuner
9200 Pro AIW (Temp until I stick in the BFG 7300GT 512MB)
Audigy 2 ZS
Pioneer 16x DVD burner

Fresh XP install, still deciding on the app to use

AV Rack Going from left to right, top to bottom
XBox 360
XBox HD-DVD drive both through HDMI
S-Video/Composite switchbox for Dreamcast, VCR and LaserDisc
Comcast HD box w/ DVR through Component
Sega Dreamcast through S-Video
DVD player/5.1 Surround, all audio through this
HTPC
RCA VCR through composite
Teac LaserDisc Player through S-Video

 

[meteoro3000]

My new Antec Fusion Black in my old Pentium 4 2.6C.....Revive...

 

[Crapinapale]

My new Antec Fusion Black in my old Pentium 4 2.6C.....Revive...

What size Vizio is that and where's that stand from? I've got a 26" and am looking for a decent sized stand and what you've got looks perfect. I'm a college student in a small ass dorm, but you're stand looks like the right size.

 

[meteoro3000]

What size Vizio is that and where's that stand from? I've got a 26" and am looking for a decent sized stand and what you've got looks perfect. I'm a college student in a small ass dorm, but you're stand looks like the right size.

The Vizio Tv is 32" and the stand is from Walmart...

 

[Mac[X-D]]

i just put all this together this month first new home set up since 2000, x-mas gifts to myself. sorry for the crap pic, i need a new digi cam.


Motorola HD Cable box
Samsung 40" HDTV LT-T4042H
Samsung HTIB HT-TX75
5 Disc Upconverting DVD Player
Dell XPS Gen4 HTPC (Mainly Audio & Download Media)
MS Wireless Desktop 1000

 

[Jay_2]

Posted i in "Rate my cables" bt though it would fit here as well.

This is my Games room HTPC (hence the "bling") and it had to be the most difficult build to do and have tidy cables.

That is an X-Qpack with a Jantech 600W none modular PSU! SATA headers where on the opposite side of the motherboard to the HDD cage, 4 CCLs, card reader, DVD R/W. At one point I think I was nearly crying!

Its still not how I would like it and I still need to paint the DVD R/W Black and add a window to it.

Spec:

XQpack
Biostar 6100 AM2 mATX motherboard
AMD AM2 3800+ X2 CPU
2GB Corsair DDR2 800
80GB Segate SATA Hard Drive
ATi 2400 Pro Passive Graphics Card (ASUS)
Samsung SATA 16x DVD R/W
Jantech 600W PSU
Vista Ultimate

All my music films etc are held on a central server hence the small Hard drive size

 

[empoy]

my HT set-up

 

[Jay_2]

Not finished yet, need to mount the speakers but I am thinking of getting new ones (maybe proper floor standers)

32" HD LCD Dislpay (1080i)
Xbox 360 (Used with Tversity)
Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 Decoder
HD DVD / Blu-ray Media Center

My view from the bed

 

[CAMPER]

- my new HTPC for my new 50" plasma...

- Aspire X-QPack
- Core2Duo E6600
- 2GB DDR2 800mhz
- 8800 GTS 320
- 320 HDD
- Trust Media Center wifi Keyboard

 

[infamous gooch]

- my new HTPC for my new 50" plasma...

- Aspire X-QPack
- Core2Duo E6600
- 2GB DDR2 800mhz
- 8800 GTS 320
- 320 HDD
- Trust Media Center wifi Keyboard

How do you like that Keyboard? Is the trackball responsive? I'm looking for a nice little media center keyboard with integrated mouse and this one looks perfect.

 

[Chilly]

TV: Sony Bravia KDL-52W3000 (1080p)
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500
HTPC Q6600, P5K vanilla, 2GB Ballistix, ATi Radeon X1600 Pro, ATi Theatre 650


AMAZING PQ, I absolutely love this TV (the colors are off, yes, its due to camera/lighting conditions not TV)


I absolutely LOVE the Windows Vista Media Centre Interface


Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, Good Movie, better in 1080p


TV's being run off a VGA connection to the HTPC at 1920x1080, Component at 1080p to XBOX360, DVD Player not hooked up, HDMI to HD PVR STB Motorola Cable Box.

 

[klowngoblin]

Panasonic 47 Tau w/ Panasonic 1000W 5 disc changer + surround speakers/sub (sucks ass, should of got an onkyo recv with paradigm speakers, but the guy i bought it from did knock off like 300 bux off the setup)

HTPC Specs
XFX 630i/7100 Motherboard (VGA/DVI-D/SPDIF/HDMI)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz @ 3.0GHz w/ Ninja Rev B
2GB Muskin Pc2-6400 Ram
Samsung 200GB x 2 in Raid 0 (can do 100MB/s R and 80MB/s W constant xfr)
Marvell Gigabit LAN
Antec NSK6580 Case (Dual 100mm Fans in the front and a 120mm in the back, HDD stays at a cool 20C even under heavy use, CPU stays at 34C under a load)

Bluetooth Keyboard and mouse (i've walked 40M outside my house and it can still control my HTPC lol)

 

[AMD_RULES]

/\ Awesome setup!

 

[SC385]

Nice setup but you need some furniture and some stuff on the walls

 

[MadMikeSS]

Some nice setups here. I just got mine setup within the last couple weeks. Been tweaking the OS for the HD video. I'll post up some pics when I get a chance.

 

[bmore1777]

Nice HTCP's! Mine is not even close.
Mine:
P4 1.5GHz | 256mb ram | ATI Radeon 128mb Graphics | Haupage 50 Tv tuner card
Samsung 32" HDTV

 

[klowngoblin]

Nice HTCP's! Mine is not even close.
Mine:
P4 1.5GHz | 256mb ram | ATI Radeon 128mb Graphics | Haupage 50 Tv tuner card
Samsung 32" HDTV

thats actaully faster and better than my first HTPC

Duron 700 @ 1.1GHz
384MB Ram
nvidia gf2 mx 32MB Svideo out
panasonic CRT 27"

after college i decided to stop buying alcohol and use the booze/party money for computers
this way i have something to show for my hard earned cash rather than peeing it all down the toilet. but dont get me wrong, ill still drink if its free.

you can spend $200 easy in 1 nigh at the bar, so sacrifice 2 nights and get yourself an HTPC (mine was $390ish tax in)
in 4 months you can probably save $1200, this will buy you a 50-"52" DLP rear projector or LCD rear projection
and in 3 months probably $900 this will buy you a kick ass sound system (recv + speakers, NOT HT in a box!)

dont drink for 2 years and you can buy 5-6 full gaming rigs $2K each

 

[w1retap]

 

[SC385]

How customizable is that lcd, w1retap? I'm looking for something nice like that that could display time and movie name for a decent price.

 

[w1retap]

It can display pretty much anything. It doesn't display the name of the movie in PowerDVD, but it will in WMP, Winamp, and Media Center.

BTW, it's a VL System MCE Display. I have their LIS2 Premium display as well. After using them for >2 years, I think they're about the best ones out there.

http://www.vlsys.co.kr/

 

[CAMPER]

My new setup to go with my HTPC above - - -

 

[Asao56]

^ those are nice shots

 

[Yaka]

didnt i just see these over at avf?

nice set up tho

 

[CAMPER]

excellent eye.. plus thanx for the link their...didnt know that thread existed.. is there anyother forums or gallerys out there..? i love viewing setups...

 

[Yaka]

overclockers.co.uk have some

as do hexus and bit tech

 

[Logan321]

Still using the same htpc case and amp from page 15 of this thread, but have a new tv and stand now...

Awaiting my Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon to finish off the front of the case. I'll have pics of the process up in the casemods forum as I go.

 

[beef1e]

Just need to get a nice docking station for my black 80gb ipod thinking of getting the logitech pure-fi one to put on the media unit and i need a optical switcher for the surround sound as i manually have to change it at the moment upgrade the pc but still wating for nvidea to release thier new gpu's before i take the plunge and it will be there.

samsung 40m86 lcd
samsung home cinema system 5.1
nintendo wii (in fireplace) connected via component and wi-fi to internet
ps3 60gb connected via hdmi
xbox 360 elite 120gb connected via hdmi
sky + reciever connected via scart (soon to black sky hd box connected hdmi)
hp pavilion laptop

htpc/gaming pc:
custom built case with dvd rw and multi card reader 2 x zalman case fans fitted with and adjuster for quiet or gaming
p4 overclocked @3.5ghz fitted with artic cooling freezer 7
2gb of ocz ram overclocked
2 x 7900gt's sli overclocked and fitted with zalman vf900 fans connected to external fan controller see above
antec true power 650
320gb hitatchi hd
logitech dinovo edge keyboard and logitech mx air mouse
netgear wireless router under the media unit with the pc ps3 and 360 all wired in and the wii and laptop are wi-fi.

 

[annaconda]

beef1e very nice and clean. Enjoy.