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Ill be recording mainly HD with a bit of SD, some premium chan if possible. software was my next question... no idea what to use

Sorry i meant the logitech speakers z... something 5.1 ive looked at the Ceton card im just trying to be cheap :P

Well i finally got everything set and ready for my HTPC i went with a C2D E8400, ATI 4650 and 4 gigs of ram 1066. I am debating getting rid of cable and picking up Sat TV, is it easier to set up a HTPC as DVR when your have sat? Trying to avoid getting a cable card tuner... what would i...

I am going with displayfusion got the trial and seems solid Thanks !

Hi guys, So i recently set up my 2nd monitor, 19in dell, to the right of my 24in LG, i noticed that i dont get the taskbar on both... but was curious could i get it across the screens? Both are ran off my single gtx260 if that matters Thanks for any help

mpls is a city near me that has a microcenter feels like such a waste though, putting 600w in a htpc, ill just have to suck it up and learn to manage cables better i think, thanks everyone for all your help!

yea, i just wanted modular to keep the clutter down help airflow. That was the lowest i could find :( I currently have corsair in my gaming cpu and they are amazing. I can go with that i guess. I wasnt happy with the MoBo but it has everything i really "need" it is somewhat of a dead end for...

Tell me what you guys think of this, in addition ill have my cable card later after everythings built total cost $582 and allows for adding one or more HD later if i decide to SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive GIGABYTE GA-M68M-S2P...

I think so yea, It doesnt need a whole lot, just more than the on board can provide, ive heard any DirectX10 and almost all 9s work spot on

ah ok, well ill pick the card up after then so i dont go over budget or sacrifice any components. found out my cable provider does support cable cards, just gotta call them after i get the card good news! i love that case. wish was all black though im sure ill live any other ideas to...

ah ok i get it, thanks for explaining that ! so something like this wouldnt work then? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815293011&cm_re=cable_card_tuner-_-15-293-011-_-Product is there a way i can connect my cable box to my htpc and still record/watch/pause>?

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Mainly using it for DVR/ web browsing, watching movies and ps2 emulation 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 500-750 3) Where do you live? ND 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM...

Hey guys, So im building a budget HTPC ($500-750) to handle the usual, recording tv, web browsing, netflix, media storage. I am also going to be using it for a emulator My PS2 died on me a few weeks back (yes im old skool still) , and i started using my gaming pc for emulation, i would really...