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- bricktop - 2011-09-25 19:13
thanks bluray ive put the Asus GT 430 on the list but as a though i have somewhere an Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 this is quite a big card but would it be any good?
- bluray - 2011-09-25 20:15
bricktop Wrote:thanks bluray ive put the Asus GT 430 on the list but as a though i have somewhere an Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 this is quite a big card but would it be any good?that is depending on your htpc case and mobo. it's depending on what you want to playback on your htpc too.
- Deviant Khan - 2011-09-26 00:28
eskro Wrote:Which 3rd party Low-Profile CPU Cooler do I recommend?
[CPU Cooler] Scythe Big Shuriken SCBSK-1000 120mm ($35 + $3)
Any cheaper recommendations that are good for the "AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX"? That one shows out of stock on Newegg and I'm curious if there's a cheaper low-profile option.
- eskro - 2011-09-26 00:41
no theres not
- nikc0069 - 2011-09-26 12:27
So I have now ordered my bits and pieces.
I went for the ASRock E350M1 (£110), 4gb single stick of Corsair ram (£18), a Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP bluray combo drive (Lets call it £50), and I've got a spare 1tb 3.5 hdd lying around I will use. This is all going in a Silverstone Lascala LC05 in silver that I got off of ebay for £47 with a 60w psu.
Total is £225, plus I got a £12 HP remote so we are looking at £237. But I will be hopefully selling the atv2 for £80 so looking at £157 for the upgrade.
- eskro - 2011-09-26 15:55
Silverstone Lascala LC05 = one of my favorite case!!
show us some pics
- nikc0069 - 2011-09-26 22:09
eskro Wrote:Silverstone Lascala LC05 = one of my favorite case!!
show us some pics
All the pieces should arrive sometime this week (the mobo and ram are already here), so I may start a thread on the build. Should be pretty quick though - software might take a bit longer!
I've bought some of these risers for the optical drive - don't suppose anyone knows if the holes on the drive are standard size?
And I trust I won't have any problems with this remote? (My Marantz RC3200 touchscreen is probably a bit of a relic by now).
- eskro - 2011-09-26 23:08
no issue with that remote that i know of,,,
at least under windows
- nikc0069 - 2011-09-26 23:12
eskro Wrote:no issue with that remote that i know of,,,
at least under windows
Yea I will be running windows 7 - ive got a netbook with a WD 1tb hard drive connected via ethernet too running as an external server.
I also have a Kinect so am hoping to put it on a USB switcher I have and use it with Kinemote from time to time.
- T800 - 2011-09-27 10:52
If a GT430 was added to a Zacate-E350 for 3D capability would the internal graphics card need deactivating, if so how is this done?