Recent content by bucfanmike

i run almost the same setup, although ended up going with a cheaper board. I got an asrock with usb3 for a great price. i use an i3 540 but stayed with the stock cooler as it seems to work fine for the cpu. I rip and encode dvd/blu ray all while playing back video without any issues. I have been...

subscribed, wanna set up commercial skip soon myself

WMC with a few plug ins. Boxee, hulu, tmt, media browser, and secondrun tv.

i guess the i3 540 was actually 100, had a friend pick up a few things on a trip to minneapolis and had several things all together. Its still $100 at microcenter (in store only) if you have one near you. The memory was a hot deal from mwave, its back to 52.99 now. Wow I was full of...

im going to start assembling mine tomorrow and its very close to this. $40 - coolermaster 360 $95 - core i3 540 $85 - asus matx h55 chipset mb (will look at the model # tomorrow) $70 - wd green 2tb (from the target bf enclosure) $45 - 4 gb ddr3 $80 - hauppage 2250 and a $80 - hd homerun...

in the same boat, i was just reading reviews on this one and it seems to fit the bill http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148499 seagate free agent, 50 bucks

for me it was about trying to save some money where i could. I went with the cooler master 360 for $40 today on amazon for my build http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Elite-RC-360-KKN1-GP-Desktop/dp/B001TUYTZ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1291077876&sr=1-1

so for starters with the tuners i have i should be able to pick up any thing they have in clear qam. If so ill be ok with that. A friend of mine has a cable package with charter and just using his tv (no set top box) he gets all the channels i really care about. If this works im going to go...

hmm looking some more into this and I think ill still be screwed until i change tuners. I was under the impression the way the charter guy explained it that the cable card went into the autotuner. Now im thinking that isnt the case and that he probably assumed that i had a tuner that had a cable...

harmony 650 online at bestbuy for $50

Im playing around with a hauppage 2250 right now on my desktop sytem for ota on a test basis. I have ordered some parts to start my dedicated htpc build. so far i have an asus h55/core i3 540, samsung 2tb, the hauppage 2250, hd homerun dual, 4 gigs ddr3. i think i have everything but a...

until then newegg has the hdhomerun duals, brand new for 79.99 today

k, ty, been along time since i put a system together. thanks for the quick replies all. just waiting for my video card.. damn amazon and delayed free shipping.

ahh, well i did screw up and the dvd burner is ide. not sure if it matters in this case, and i will be using windows ultimate

Hi, hoping someone can help me out. I am building a new rig and bought an oem dvd burner. I have all kinds of cables and thought i had everything. Turns out i dont have a 4 pin cd-1 cable that connects the audio from dvd burner to motherboard. Anyone have a spare that can help me out? I...