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I don't think I have seen a thread like this in a while, but with all the hardware questions lately, it might help some people. Just make a list of your HTPC components. also a short list of software. I'll start.

HTPC #1
case: Coolermaster ATC-610
PSU: enermax noisetaker 350watt
CPU: P4 2.8
MOBO: Older Asus (can't remember the model right now)
RAM: 512MB PC2100
Video: Saphire 9600
Sound: Chaintech AV-710
TV (shared on server): (2) PVR-150, PVR-250
hard drive: Seagate 40gb local, 1010GB shared on server

software: XP pro, sageTVclient, Meedio, Zoomplayer, Nvidia NVDVD, FFDshow.

HTPC #2
Case: PCtoys simplemax black
PSU: 200 watt
CPU: P4 2.6
mobo: same Asus
Ram: 512 PC2100
video: on board for now
sound: AV-710
TV (shared on server): (2) PVR-150, PVR-250
hard drive: Seagate 40gb local, 1010GB shared on server

software: XP pro, sageTVclient, Meedio, Zoomplayer, Nvidia NVDVD, FFDshow.

Server
case: Chieftech Dragon
PSU: Ultra 400watt
CPU: p4 1.8
mobo: ECS 848P
Ram: 512 PC2100
video: TNT2
sound: NA
TV: (2) PVR-150, PVR-250
hard drives: 1050gb in various drives

software: windowx XP, SageTV
 
Well I have 1 htpc currently in the process of setting up my media server and 2nd htpc as well so I will list all of them.

htpc #1
P4-M 2.2 @ 3Ghz currently
512MB of PC2700
Abit IS7 mobo
XFX 6600GT AGP
Chaintech AV-710
Onboard GigE network
WinXP Pro SP2, meedio, TT2, NVPP, FFDShow

htpc #2
P4 3Ghz
Asus P4C800
512MB of PC3200
ATI Radeon 9500pro
Chaintech AV-710
Onboard GigE Network
WinXP Pro SP2, meedio, TT2, NVPP, FFDShow

Media Server
Dual Athlon MP 1800+
Gigabyte dual cpu mobo
1024 PC2700
2x 250GB Maxtor HDD
1x 160GB WD HDD
Intel Pro1000+ network
Win2k3 Server

I will probably swap htpc #2 to the theater for use of higher resize with my projector and put the 6600GT in that. I have DirecTV with HD recievers so I don't even bother with tuner cards.
 
Here is mine:
CPU: AMD AthlonXP 1800+
MOBO: MSI MS-6367 nForce w/ MCP-D mATX
Memory: 512MB PC2100 DDR
VGA: Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600 GS
Sound: nVidia MCP-D APU
Tuner: PVR-150 retail
Disk: 40GB Western Digital (noisiest component)
Optical: LiteOn 16x DVD-ROM
Software: XPpro, BeyondMedia, BeyondTV, NVDVD codec

Have a Silverstone LC11 on order. Going to change out the mobo for an MN31N and get another tuner, potentially a mobile 2500+ too when I get my tax refund. :)
 
Celeron 2Ghz, for now anyway, with a Zalman 7000 cooling it
Abit IS-10 motherboard, with onboard sound, optical output
512 Meg of RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Maxtor 80 gig hard drive
Lite-On 16x DVD-Rom
MCE 2005 and Power DVD 6
It's hooked up to my TV via DVI.

Shortly I'd like to add a PVR-500 to replace my two ReplayTV's one of which is flaking out, uprade the proc to 3 Ghz, and add at least one Media Center Extender.

The server is a
P4 2.4
512 meg of ram
W2k3 server
4x250 gig SATA drives in RAID 5 for storage.
 
Antec Sonata quiet case
Abit AT7 mobo
Athlon 2100+ CPU
Hauppage $18 framegrabber
Generic cheap eBay PC remote
Generic cheap IR blaster controlling DirecTV satellite box
DVI hookup to HDTV on Radeon 9800 Pro
1GB RAM
200GB HDD
802.11g to network upstairs
onboard VIA sound
Knoppmyth (Debian base) with MythTV

I had the Athlon 2100, mobo, case and RAM already, so had to just buy the AV stuff off eBay and a 200GB HDD, total price for the project was $200, not bad.
 
Heh, what I'm finding funny is that many of us have over a terabyte of media storage!

Anyways...

#1 - Priority was performance and silence

Case - Antec SLK3000B Case
PSU - Seasonic Super Tornado 400W
CPU - Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle
CPU Cooler - ThermalRight Heatsink XP-120 Fanless
Motherboard - DFI Lanparty NF3 250gb
Memory - 1GB PC3200 Corsair
Graphics - MSI GeForce 6600GT AGP 128MB
VGA Cooler - Aerocool - VM-101 Fanless VGA Cooler
Hard Drive - IBM Hitachi 7K250 SATA 250gb
Optical - NEC 16X DL DVD±RW ND-3520A
Other - Zalman 6-Channel Fan Controller Panel
Other - Logitech Cordless MX Duo
Other - Avermedia M150 TV Tuner
Software - Windows XP MCE 2005

#2 - Top priority was silence

Case - Antec SLK3000B
PSU - Seasonic Super Tornado 400W
CPU - Athlon XP 2100+ (recycled from old system)
CPU Cooler - Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU CPU Cooler
Motherboard - DFI Lanparty NF3 250gb
Memory - 1GB PC2700 Crucial (recycled from old system)
Graphics - ATI Radeon 8500
VGA Cooler - Aerocool - VM-101 Fanless VGA Cooler
Hard Drive - IDE Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 200gb
Optical Drive - Pioneer A105
Other - Microsoft Remote Control and Receiver
Other - Gyration Ultra GT Keyboard/Mouse
Other - Avermedia M150 TV Tuner
Other - ATI HDTV Wonder Tuner
Software - Windows XP MCE 2005

#3 - Media server with a hodge podge of components and 6 hard drives.

Things to note...

One of my biggest priorities was noise level so I took the following precautions.

1) Antec SLK3000B - The best unmodded case for silent PC builds. Top recommendation from silentpcreview.com
2) Seasonic Super Tornado 400W - Almost completely silent due to a 120mm fan blowing at a very slow RPM, with a rock steady power supply. The absolute best choice for a silent PC. Better choice than the expensive and lava hot fanless PS's coming out right now.
3) Athlon 64 3200+ and ThermalRight Heaksink XP-120 - No fan on this CPU heatsink
4) Athlon XP 2100+ and Zalman CNPS700B - Fan is running at 5V which is unperceptible to my ear.
5) DFI Lanparty NF3 250gb - Allows CPU undervolting and has a working Cool'n'Quiet which means a cooler and quieter computer. Tons of other features. I think it's the best 754 board. Uses heatsinks for the Northbridge/Southbridge chips and not a whiny fan.
6) Aerocool VM 101 Fanless VGA coolers - No more whiny VGA card fans!
7) Hard drives are suspended and enclosed to drastically reduce noise and vibration output. AAM was turned on and tweaked to further reduce hard drive noise.
8) DVD drives had their speed tweaked with Nero DriveSpeed to lower drive noise.
9) There were more, but less dramatic tweaks I made like cable folding, air flow modifications, etc.

Yes, I'm crazy, but my two HTPC's are whisper quiet! I have to put my ear directly on them to hear if they are on or not.
 
Dell PowerEdge 1600SC
2x Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz
1024 MB PC3200 Registered DDR RAM
2x Fujitsu MAP3735 73.5 GB hard drives
Chaintech GeForce FX 5200 PCI
M-Audio Revolution 7.1

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

...not exactly the ideal balance of components, but it was cheap--very cheap.
 
Oh, I wanted to make a recommendation about speakers.

Take a good hard look at Mirage Nanosats. It's their new omnipolar home theater speaker package and I love them to death.

I shopped around a long time for home theater satellites. I was getting really tired of having tower speakers in my living room. The Nanosat satellites are tiny (6" x 4" x 4" or something).

My primary speakers are $3000 for the pair. The Mirage Nanosats are $800 for 5 satellites and a subwoofer. I'd easily say the Nanosats are onpar with $3000 speakers.

The omnipolar design makes it a perfect home theater speaker. Omnipolar means the speaker is designed to radiate sound in a 360' radius rather than forward like most speakers. It creates a massive soundstage that is really immersive and cool.

Okay, heh. I'll stop here because I'm starting to sound like I work for Mirage or something.
 
Shuttle SB61G2
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz (800fsb)
512MB (2x256MB) OCZ PC4000
ATI 9600XT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
160GB WD SATA /w 8MB cache

MCE 2005 /w remote and also ATI remote, wireless keyboard / mouse from Logitech

Maybe going to upgrade to something a little bigger, cuase theres no room for a tv tuner :rolleyes:
 
P4 [email protected]
512MB Corsair XMS PC3200
ATI Radeon 9600 se
Abit IS7
200GB EIDE Seagate
SB Live! 5.1
2x PVR-250MCE
Antec LANBOY case
NEC 8x Dual Layer DVD burner
Windows MCE 2005

I also use Xbox Media Center Extender on another TV
 
JustLong said:
I also use Xbox Media Center Extender on another TV
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How do you like it? I have a largely unused Xbox I want to outfit with a MCE extender.
 
HTPC ::: sleeper (full worklog + tons of pics)

Asus A7N266-VM nForce
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2GHz
Thermaltake w/Speeze low-speed fan
2x Crucial PC2100 256MB
40GB Maxtor ATA133 IDE
Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM 48x CD-ROM
ATI Radeon 9600SE 128MB low-profile
ATI E-HOME Wonder low-profile & SageTV
Allied 200W ATX low-profile PSU
Matrix Orbital 20x2 VK202-25 w/LCDC
Creative PC-DVD Remote Control w/uICE
 
Cheapest case available at local retailer
P4 2.4c w/stock cooler
Intel 865PERLK
512MB RAM
ATi 9600
PVR150MCE
Chieftec 420W PSU
2 HDD, 360 GB
Streamzap remote
Windows XP, Sage TV, NVDVD
27" SDTV
 
tentative specs as our basement gets finished and we buy our new TV:

Intel P4 2.6C
Abit AI7
Hauppage PVR550MCE
Windows XP-MCE
1GB of RAM (Most definately G.Skill, but it might be overkill :) )
And a couple of hdds

All on a 64" mitsu DLP
 
Abit VA-10 -
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
512MB Twinmos PC3200
250GB Maxtor IDE HD
LiteOn 16x Dual Layer DVD +/- RW
Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro
2x ATI E-Home Wonder Tuner Cards
Windows XP MCE 2005.
Panasonic 30" wide screen HDTV
 
Shuttle SN41G2V2
Barton XP 3000+
1G PC3200 RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro (128MG version)
Hauppauge WinTV 350
NEC 3500 DVD+-RW DL
WD 2000JB
Gyration Ultra GT and compact keyboard
50 inch Samsung Plasma TV @ 1366*768

Windows MCE 2005 was resident for a while but I couldn't get WinTV to work (I live in Hong Kong and MCE wouldn't pick up any channels for me!) so I'm back to regular-ass XP and myHTPC for now.

but the bastard is noisy and I'm working on it. Looking at some mods for now but thinking in about 6 months gonna build a new one maybe based on the Pentium M???
 
CPU: XP1700+
Mobo: PCChips 810 (mATX)
Video: Radeon 9250
HD: 30GB
RAM: 384MB SDRAM
DVD: Creative 2X
PSU: Sparkle 250W
Tuner: ATI TV Wonder
NIC: D-Link DWL-G520 (802.11g wireless 108MB)
OS: Windows 2000 Server
Case: Chopped Acer Power SN (Dim: 360x190x265mm)
Cooling: Water :cool:
Radiator: BlackIce Pro 120mm
Block: DTek TC-4 Acrylic top with Chrome barbs
Pump: Ehiem compact 600 modified to be used inline
Tubing: ClearFlex60 1/2" ID
Fan: GlobalWin 120mm @ 7V
Relay: Mitron PCI relay

See project log here
 
HTPC #! and only
MSI K7N2GM-L N-Force2(MS-6777) (http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=K7N2GM-L)
CPU AMD Athlon XP 2200+
512MB Ram
OS & Programs and Data
Maxtor 6Y80PO 7200RPM 80GB ATA133 With 8 MB Cache FDB Motor
Video Drive:
Maxtor 6Y160PO 7200RPM 160GB ATA133 8MB Cache FDB Motor
(http://www.maxtor.com/)
DVD/CD-RW Samsung SM-322
NIC Built in to MotherBoard
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR Graphics Card
(http://mirror.ati.com/products/radeon9600/aiw9600xt/index.html)
Speaker System Pioneer VSX-D307 Receiver
Keyboard Logitech Cordless MX Duo
Mouse MX 700
Inwin D500G with 240 Watt Powerman PSU (http://www.in-win.us/in-win/product_info.php?products_id=98)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 
Home Theater PC:
Cooler Master ATC-620C Case
A64 3000 (newcastle 754 pin)
768 megs generic ram
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Hauppage PVR-250
MSI Mobo (don't recall model, but has firewire and was only A64 mATX board to have it when i made my HTPC)
Enermax PSU
Dual 300gb Maxtor SATA drives in RAID 0
Single ATA 200gb hard drive

Soon, I'll be adding a second Hauppage tuner card and move my koolance onto this computer. It's WAAAAAAAAY too noisy right now and my cpu temps are above 50c all the time!
 
My HTPC:

Ahanix D4 D.Vine Case modified with 2 80mm Panaflo L1A fans undervolted at 7V, very quiet, lots of air flow
Asus A8V v2.0 939 mb
AMD 939 3000+ Winchester 90nm with Zalman 7000b
Kingston Hyperx 3500 512M
BFG 6800 Ultra with Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5
2x Maxtor Diamondmax 10 Sata 300gig 16MB cache in Raid 0
Nec 2500 Dvdr
Hauppauge 150MCE
Fusion 3 HDTV Gold
ATI HD Wonder
MCE 2005 with mce remote

Home Theater:
Sony 50" Grand Wega III Rear Projection LCD HDTV
Pioneer Elite VSX-53TX Receiver
Bohlender Grabener Radia X5 planar ribbon speakers(4 towers and a center)
M&K MX 200 MKII Subwoofer
LG LST 3510A DVD upscaling DVD player/HT Reciever(OTA & QAM)- no longer used
and VOOM HD satellite service(soon to go under, alerady sold so who knows what'll happen now).

I need some more storage though. I do have over a terebyte total storage throughout my house but not all in my htpc.
 
BlueAqua said:
I need some more storage though. I do have over a terebyte total storage throughout my house but not all in my htpc.
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I think tyou'll find that must of us don't have tons of local storage. for me, having the mass storage on a seperate PC helped cut down on noise and heat. also let me stay with a smaller case.
 
IDversusEGO said:
I think tyou'll find that must of us don't have tons of local storage. for me, having the mass storage on a seperate PC helped cut down on noise and heat. also let me stay with a smaller case.
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Agreed. I have a seperate File Server that everything sits on. Not just my media files, but all my other important data as well.
 
valve1138 said:
Agreed. I have a seperate File Server that everything sits on. Not just my media files, but all my other important data as well.
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That's a good idea, I should load up my wife's quiet Dell computer with drives and let that run all the time for media storage. A couple of 300's in there and she won't be the wiser. I'd need to install a gigabit lan card in there though to make it nice and speedy. Good idea though, I didn't really think of that.
 
I even use tweakUI to change my "My documents" and "Favorites" to a network drive. that way I have the same stuff in my documents and the same bookmarks on every PC in my house.
 
Hardware:
Ahanix D5 case
SilenX 320W PSU
A64 3200+ (winchester)
Thermalright SLK948U w/ SilenX 90mm fan
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat
512MB Corsair RAM
ATI 9800Pro
Hauppauge PVR250
Chaintech AV710
80GB SATA Seagate HD (OS & programs)
200GB SATA Seagate HD (media)
NEC 3500A DVD burner
Netgear Wifi NIC
Gyration keyboard and mouse

Software:
SageTV (Cayar's Ultimate STV) - being used as front-end as well as PVR
Meedio (front-end - but not being used right now)
TheaterTek DVD software
Powerstrip
FFDSHOW
 
By HTPC, I will use my definition. A computer that replaces a television, big stereo, dvd player, or VCR.

133Mhz Pentium
Packard Bell Legend
32Mb 60nS SIMM
AiTech WaveWatcher TV-PCI OEM (Hunk of crap, I was ripped off bad)
Beos 5 PE
2Gb Cavair EIDE

This PC can watch television, and served as a movie player (no DVDs of course), played and edited audio in a timley manner, and was cheap to build. It served as a $50 HDTV using a 15" Sony Multiscan 15Sf.
 
I just got mine up and running - Need better cooling on the CPU, but otherwise OK.

Antec Sonata case and PS
P4 3.4
1 Gb of DDR2 @ 533 in Dual channel
BFG 6600GT OC PCIE
160Gb Seagate SATA w/ NCQ
NEC 3520 DVD burner
PVR 150MCE
WMCE 2005

I'm using this computer for everything really, not just HTPC. So far it's working great except I'd like the CPU to run cooler so I have to find something to see if I can make it more to my liking.

edit - I forgot about my new keyboard and mouse, I got the Microsoft keyboard with the fingerprint reader and wireless mouse. I just plug in my MX510 when it's time to game. Fingerprint reader is cool, not extermely useful, but very cool.
 
bob said:
By HTPC, I will use my definition. A computer that replaces a television, big stereo, dvd player, or VCR.

133Mhz Pentium
Packard Bell Legend
32Mb 60nS SIMM
AiTech WaveWatcher TV-PCI OEM (Hunk of crap, I was ripped off bad)
Beos 5 PE
2Gb Cavair EIDE

This PC can watch television, and served as a movie player (no DVDs of course), played and edited audio in a timley manner, and was cheap to build. It served as a $50 HDTV using a 15" Sony Multiscan 15Sf.
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that's awesome. throw in a hardware decoder card and you could play Dvd's too.
 
PIV - 2.4Ghz
1Gb RAM
40Gb HDD (Soon to be joined by another 300Gb)
DVD-R/W (x4)
On-board optical out
Fusion HDTV Capture Card
Holo3dGraph I deinterlacer card
TwinHan capture card
LC10b
 
Here's my two

DVine D5 case with VFD Display
Athlon 2100+XP
Abit NF7-S 2.0
nVidia 5200 AGP
corsair 512 LL DDR
Onbaord digital out
40gig Hard Drive
Hauppage usb2 tv tuner

Antec Desktop Case
Athlon 1.2ghz Tbird
Asus A7v8x mobo
256mb DDR
Geforce3
Hercules Fortissimo Sound Card
120gig Hard Drive

Both are running MCE2005, still working on getting the second one to work right. Using nvidia dvd decoder and logitech wireless mouse and keyboard. Total storage on main computer is 250, 160, 250, 120, and another 120.
 
BlueAqua said:
My HTPC:

Ahanix D4 D.Vine Case modified with 2 80mm Panaflo L1A fans undervolted at 7V, very quiet, lots of air flow
Asus A8V v2.0 939 mb
AMD 939 3000+ Winchester 90nm with Zalman 7000b
Kingston Hyperx 3500 512M
BFG 6800 Ultra with Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5
2x Maxtor Diamondmax 10 Sata 300gig 16MB cache in Raid 0
Nec 2500 Dvdr
Hauppauge 150MCE
Fusion 3 HDTV Gold
ATI HD Wonder
MCE 2005 with mce remote

Home Theater:
Sony 50" Grand Wega III Rear Projection LCD HDTV
Pioneer Elite VSX-53TX Receiver
Bohlender Grabener Radia X5 planar ribbon speakers(4 towers and a center)
M&K MX 200 MKII Subwoofer
LG LST 3510A DVD upscaling DVD player/HT Reciever(OTA & QAM)- no longer used
and VOOM HD satellite service(soon to go under, alerady sold so who knows what'll happen now).

I need some more storage though. I do have over a terebyte total storage throughout my house but not all in my htpc.
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I take it you are not having any compatibility problems with the ATI HD Wonder and your Nvidia card. Many people on the AVS forum's have had problems and I am trying to figure out what card to go with on my HD HTPC.
 
My HTPC

Logisys All plexy HTPC Case (with Blue LED fans volt modded (7 volts) down to a crawl)
SOYO P4S350 micro-atx mobo
P4 2.8E OC'd to 3.36
1 Gig (2x512) Corsair XMS 3200
ATI 9800 Pro All In Wonder
Happauge PVR 250
2 Maxtor Diamondmax 10 SATA 300's JBOD configuration
LiteOn DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Media Center 2005 (currently) Previously Beyond TV 3.4


I did get both tuners working in MCE 2005 using hacked ATI AIW drivers for the 9800 AIW.

Hometheater
22x18.5 feet
14 inch riser for back row
Panasonic PT-AE700U (114" DIY screen)
Rotel 1066 PrePro - Rotel 1095 Amp
Paradigm CC-450, Studio 100's in front, Studio 60's (left and right side) studio 20's (rear)
SVS 2039CS with Modded parts express amp (380 watts)
Norcent Upconverting DVD Player (Clone of Lite-ON LVD--2001)
Dish 811S HD Receiver


I need a good HD TV Tuner, but I am wait and see ATM
 
Duron 1.6
256mb PC2700
PC Chips KT266 mobo
Used Desktop ATX Case
9200se
Chaintech 7.1
Samsung DVD-ROM
8gig WD (for testing purposes)
PVR-150 (near future)
Sage-TV (near future)
WinXP Home SP2

Apex 27" Flat Tube TV
Pioneer SX-250 Stereo Reciever
Radio Shack Dolby Prologic Decoder
KLH L853B Mains
KLH HT-9930 Center and Surrounds


As you can see its an extreme budget system. My audio setup cost me about $100 total. The TV was $160.
Rather enjoyable for the money.
 
valve1138 said:
How do you like it? I have a largely unused Xbox I want to outfit with a MCE extender.
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It's great for the money. There is a slight lag to it, but not enough to bug me or my wife. The picture and sound quality are decent and the Remote is much better than MCE remote from newegg. I also like that you can controll it using the Xbox controller.

There is a bug where you can't playback some content from HBO, but a fix is coming.
 
http://prime1.digitalwreckage.com/htpc/htpc.html

# Shuttle SB61G2R - 20th Anniversary Special Edition
# Intel P4 2.6C
# 1GB Corsair PC2700 Memory
# MSI GeForce 6600GT
# Western Digital 120GB HD
# Logitech Cordless MX Duo Keyboard & Mouse
# DVD Drive
# 36" Panasonic HDTV
# 802.11b Network
# 7-in-1 Memory Card Reader
# Vantec Stealth Case Fan
# Windows XP Professional
 
Sardaan said:
I take it you are not having any compatibility problems with the ATI HD Wonder and your Nvidia card. Many people on the AVS forum's have had problems and I am trying to figure out what card to go with on my HD HTPC.
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I haven't had any problems with the Nvidia card and the ATI HD wonder. I've actually heard of better sucess with this combo and with both ATI cards. I really like Nvidia's HDTV support for custom resolutions without having to mess with Powerstrip. Now the HD cards and MCE 05, that's another story and trying to get them to work right.
 
*Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1.8ghz
*some gigabyte board i found in my basement
*512mb generic pc2700
*Nvidia fx5600 128mb
*160gb wd
*some case
*logitech wireless keyboard & mouse
*some dvd drive
*V Stream Studio Terminator TV-Tuner


*Windows XP Professional
*Media Portal v.1.0.8
*FDDshow
*nvdvd codec
 
Frontend:
Athlon XP 1700+
Abit NF7-S 2.0
Swiftech MCX462V
LG 16x DVD
512MB DDR
40GB Barracuda IV
Coolermaster Cavalier (w/out dorky meter)
FX5200
Slackware 10.1 + myth .17

Backend:
Dell Poweredge SC420
2.8GHz P4
512MB DDR2
80GB SATA
PVR-250
Slackware 10.1 + myth .17

Storage:
Athlon 1GHz
Abit AT7-MAX
256MB DDR
1.2 TB
3x NIC's (bonded)
Arch
 
HTPC #1
Case: Antec Overture w/ reverse rear PSU fan's w/ added PCI blower.
PSU: Antec True380
CPU: P4 1.7 w/ Zalman Copper HS/Fan
MOBO: Asus P4T-E
RAM: 256 MB PC800 (that shit is expensive!!, I want to upgrade it so bad...but it's just not a priority right now :( )
Video: ATI Radeon 8500
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+
TV Tuner: PVR-250
Hard Drive: WD 160GB
Software: Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005, Intervideo WinDVD 6.

Server
Case: Some case I got FAR about 4 years ago that I custom painted.
PSU: 300Wat
CPU: Pentium III 500.
Mobo: Asus something....it's old, so I don't know.
Ram: 256 PC133
Video: Something I had laying around, don't use video anyway on it. It's in the garage w/ power and a network cable, everything else is controlled remotely.
Sound: N/A
TV: None
Hard Drives: (4x) Western Digital 120GB; (1x) Western Digital 40GB (Operating system)
RAID Controller: Promise SX4000 w/ RAID 5 on the 4x 120GB drives for a combined 332GB formatted.
 
As in sig...but in a ugly beige case, which I hopefully be upgrading in a few weeks.

Really impressed by the quality of the Compro HDTV Tuner, The HD streams are very detailed even with my reception going down to 70% on some channels. Recommended.

And who said on AVS that a 9200 cannot handle HDTV? :p

Cheers

BBBOZA
 
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