2013-01-05, 05:51
Hello New here and was wondering if there was a tutorial or tips on building my own htpc?
(2013-01-05, 05:06)teeedubb Wrote: Wow some nice setups in here! I just got a new TV so time to post some pics of my setup:
TV is a 60 inch Samsung e8000 with a 414 channel boblight setup using ws2801 leds (Currently playing the sweet sounds of Ratatat). HTPC is a Athlon x64 265, nvidia GT460SE, 4g ram, BD-ROM, 120g SSD, 2tb HDD in a Silverstone case with a HP MCE receiver, CEC adapter and Harmony remote . It dual boots windows 7 (gaming) + ubuntu 12.04 (media) with xbmc frodo running on both os's. Also under there is a PS3, Wii and a Panasonic audio receiver.
Big thanks to everyone involved with Xbmc for making this setup possible!!
(2013-01-05, 05:51)pjcanales Wrote: Hello New here and was wondering if there was a tutorial or tips on building my own htpc?
(2013-01-05, 08:47)wbread99 Wrote: That is hands down the most badass back lit setup I've ever seen. Phillips made a TV in Europe a few years ago that did this but it had NOTHING on this. totally awesome. Would love to do this with my living room tv. Do you have any latency issues with the LEDs not catching up with the scene?
Not a bad server, either.... what are you using to serve up your media? I'm using freenas but am open to suggestions.
(2013-01-05, 08:47)wbread99 Wrote:(2013-01-05, 05:06)teeedubb Wrote: Wow some nice setups in here! I just got a new TV so time to post some pics of my setup:
TV is a 60 inch Samsung e8000 with a 414 channel boblight setup using ws2801 leds (Currently playing the sweet sounds of Ratatat). HTPC is a Athlon x64 265, nvidia GT460SE, 4g ram, BD-ROM, 120g SSD, 2tb HDD in a Silverstone case with a HP MCE receiver, CEC adapter and Harmony remote . It dual boots windows 7 (gaming) + ubuntu 12.04 (media) with xbmc frodo running on both os's. Also under there is a PS3, Wii and a Panasonic audio receiver.
Big thanks to everyone involved with Xbmc for making this setup possible!!
That is hands down the most badass back lit setup I've ever seen. Phillips made a TV in Europe a few years ago that did this but it had NOTHING on this. totally awesome. Would love to do this with my living room tv. Do you have any latency issues with the LEDs not catching up with the scene?
Not a bad server, either.... what are you using to serve up your media? I'm using freenas but am open to suggestions.
(2013-01-05, 05:51)pjcanales Wrote: Hello New here and was wondering if there was a tutorial or tips on building my own htpc?
Not going to speak for the masses here, but I've found that you don't really need to build an overly big rig to run as a HTPC. 4 of the HTPCs in my house are laptops (1 is a netbook).
Would suggest taking a look at your budget versus what you want to do. My HTPCs are basically media clients connected to various TVs which take data from a central server. It doesn't take much to take data from a server, render it, and put it on a screen.
(2013-01-06, 00:43)pjcanales Wrote: Well I want a htpc that can handle up to 1080p and normal everyday task. I have a hp dc7 3065dx that was extremely awesome but it keeps overheating and going to cost about 200 to fix. I want to build one myself so I know if something goes out I can find another part
ay the motherboard for instance and replace it without worrying about parts for it. I need a tutorial or something that gives me the info on everything I need or some guidence from people who build these.
(2013-01-06, 03:38)teeedubb Wrote: Okay here are some videos of movies playing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ctiTduSxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohdmJiLajZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3QWYvRoty4
Once again, these videos dont do it justice..the colours are a lot softer and not so over powering in person.
(2013-01-06, 00:43)pjcanales Wrote: Well I want a htpc that can handle up to 1080p and normal everyday task. I have a hp dc7 3065dx that was extremely awesome but it keeps overheating and going to cost about 200 to fix. I want to build one myself so I know if something goes out I can find another part
ay the motherboard for instance and replace it without worrying about parts for it. I need a tutorial or something that gives me the info on everything I need or some guidence from people who build these.
Pretty much any pc you buy today should be able to do this... theres loads of builds in the hardware section of these forums. You say your current htpc is over heating, have you tried opening it up and cleaning out any dust build up and looking for any malfunctioning fans?
(2013-01-06, 03:38)teeedubb Wrote: Okay here are some videos of movies playing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ctiTduSxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohdmJiLajZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3QWYvRoty4
Once again, these videos dont do it justice..the colours are a lot softer and not so over powering in person.
(2013-01-06, 00:43)pjcanales Wrote: Well I want a htpc that can handle up to 1080p and normal everyday task. I have a hp dc7 3065dx that was extremely awesome but it keeps overheating and going to cost about 200 to fix. I want to build one myself so I know if something goes out I can find another part
ay the motherboard for instance and replace it without worrying about parts for it. I need a tutorial or something that gives me the info on everything I need or some guidence from people who build these.
Pretty much any pc you buy today should be able to do this... theres loads of builds in the hardware section of these forums. You say your current htpc is over heating, have you tried opening it up and cleaning out any dust build up and looking for any malfunctioning fans?