Alienraptor
Weaksauce
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2004
- Messages
- 117
The relevant specs (same as sig):
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI
AMD Athlon64 3500+
1GB OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum
XFX GeForce 6600GT
320GB Seagate 7200.10 (or .9?) SATA HDD
An old Audigy card, I think the 1st-gen Gamer one
Some DVD burner; can you tell I hardly use this anymore?
I'd need a new case and such, as well as a tuner and possibly a Blu-ray drive; this much is obvious. I'm really more curious as to whether the rest of the computer would be up to the task.
I'm looking to convert this computer because (1) it's old and doesn't really do much of anything very well anymore, and while it would be a decent general-use computer, there is a bit of a problem in that (2) the old CRT that it is on is fading away, and I really don't think this craptastic rig justifies buying a new monitor.
If it could make an acceptable HTPC for my parents' living room, then I think that would be a good future home for it. The setup isn't all that magnificent anyway, so this rig doesn't have to be an amazing performer:
50" Samsung 1080i/720p DLP
An old Yamaha 5.1 receiver
An old old Sony DVD player
Some other old stuff, including a VCR and a Laserdisc player
I've had basically no experience with HTPCs, so if anyone has some ideas as to whether this would be worth the time and effort, that would be greatly appreciated. And if so, some suggestions as to a good tuner that supports QAM, as well as what to do about audio output, whether I should get Blu-ray, etc. would be awesome. Thanks.
UPDATE: I have some audio issues, scroll down about two dozen posts to see.
UPDATE 2: Audio issues fixed. Wireless networking question.
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI
AMD Athlon64 3500+
1GB OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum
XFX GeForce 6600GT
320GB Seagate 7200.10 (or .9?) SATA HDD
An old Audigy card, I think the 1st-gen Gamer one
Some DVD burner; can you tell I hardly use this anymore?
I'd need a new case and such, as well as a tuner and possibly a Blu-ray drive; this much is obvious. I'm really more curious as to whether the rest of the computer would be up to the task.
I'm looking to convert this computer because (1) it's old and doesn't really do much of anything very well anymore, and while it would be a decent general-use computer, there is a bit of a problem in that (2) the old CRT that it is on is fading away, and I really don't think this craptastic rig justifies buying a new monitor.
If it could make an acceptable HTPC for my parents' living room, then I think that would be a good future home for it. The setup isn't all that magnificent anyway, so this rig doesn't have to be an amazing performer:
50" Samsung 1080i/720p DLP
An old Yamaha 5.1 receiver
An old old Sony DVD player
Some other old stuff, including a VCR and a Laserdisc player
I've had basically no experience with HTPCs, so if anyone has some ideas as to whether this would be worth the time and effort, that would be greatly appreciated. And if so, some suggestions as to a good tuner that supports QAM, as well as what to do about audio output, whether I should get Blu-ray, etc. would be awesome. Thanks.
UPDATE: I have some audio issues, scroll down about two dozen posts to see.
UPDATE 2: Audio issues fixed. Wireless networking question.