DuronBurgerMan
[H]ard|Gawd
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Been a long time since I built an HTPC. My old i7 2600k machine was just rebuilt with a fresh motherboard as a combination NAS rig and HTPC. It already has a blu ray drive, running Windows 10, and my old Radeon 7970 in it. 16GB of 1066 RAM (yeah, slow, but it's what I've got laying around), and some other sh*t. Picked up an IR receiver and a Logitech Harmony remote, along with a cheap wireless keyboard/mouse combo.
Just need to set up all the software. Needs to run Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Kodi, Plex, and then something to play blu ray discs and DVDs. Ideally I'd like to put all of this on some kind of easy-to-use front-end that could be navigated by the remote, similar to the Fire Stick I'm running upstairs.
Any thoughts on what I should use for the front-end? And anything else, hardware-wise, you think I need for this setup? I was figuring on using the HDMI pass thru for audio, but no idea if that works with surround sound or not.
Just need to set up all the software. Needs to run Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Kodi, Plex, and then something to play blu ray discs and DVDs. Ideally I'd like to put all of this on some kind of easy-to-use front-end that could be navigated by the remote, similar to the Fire Stick I'm running upstairs.
Any thoughts on what I should use for the front-end? And anything else, hardware-wise, you think I need for this setup? I was figuring on using the HDMI pass thru for audio, but no idea if that works with surround sound or not.