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Nice job on the case. I use a Harmony 650 also. No software is required for XBMC just the IR receiver and its good. The only thing I don't like about the Harmony 650 is if you drop it. It forgets where it is.

No app is necessary. Only a MCE IR receiver.

I have usede many remotes and wireless keyboards What works for me is the harmony 650 yes threr is a slight lag but its not bad. And you can adjust it out. They are complicated but once its set up right it works. Then I use a logitech K400. Absolutely the best HTPC keyboard there is

I didn't get a new range but I did get a new Heat sink to quiet it down Silverstone NT-06 Pro

There nothing wrong with Seagate. Its easy enough to Google failure rates and most manufactures have about the same rate of failure these days which is low. Including WD red.

You can get Seagate 3.5 3 Tb drives from Newegg for $109 when they are on sale. For media you don't need raid or expensive drives. If you want to use raid for redundancy that's is fine

So whats your question?

Its perfect. I have 2x2 4Gb 1866 and a A8 5600K and I run out of memory from time to time. All you need is a good AVR

It is if he wants 5.1. Most TV only output 2.1 And Optical is only capible of 2.1 and compressed 5.1. The question is he planing on bitstreaming with HDMI? You need to decide what fetures you want. Then ask HDMI? Switching? quality DAC? Passthrough? If your just using your phone then...

No, I bought it used

Check the device manager. Reinstall from there

I have W7 64 and Yamaha RX V571 to Samsung and do not have this problem at all. The PC runs most of the time and I shut down everything else when not in use. What Yamaha do you have? On the Yamaha HDMI Control set to off Audio Output set to Amp =on HDMI to TV = on Standby Through set to on...

I just stuff drives in the case. I have three right now but could hold another 3. And its not a big case. Not loud at all In fact you cant hear a thing and the HTPC serves as a server for anything else in the house. Cloud storage will not work for media. It would take 3 years to upload what I...

Just some upgrades from the i3 550 ASRock FM2A85X + A8 5600K GSkill 1866 Dual graphics 6670

This is common with downloaded torrent that are not correctly encoded. Also with a system that is not correctly set up. Idealy asuming your using a HTPC you want to bit stream your sound to a high quality DAC for DTS or Dolby Digital 5.1 so you can get a clear center channel. Most BR and DVD...