2013-03-03, 18:57
I have an old Dell Optplex 755 tower (it's a Core2Duo CPU), but it has no remote or HDMI video card. So I am considering this video card
XFX Radeon HD 6450 625M 1GB DDR3 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Video Card HD645XZQH2
< http://www.amazon.com/XFX-HD645XZQH2-Vid...606&sr=8-1>
And this MCE remote:
Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control and Infrared Receiver for Home, Premium and Ultimate Edition
< http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224Z...F5B1M3UCTZ >
I want to run Frodo, and have support for DTS-HD MA and TrueHD. My AVR is an Onkyo TX-NR509, which does support those 2 HD audio codecs. This card was recommended in the pinned "Your first HTPC" thread. My current HTPC is a Dell Inspiron 410, which works fine, but won't support HD audio (it has a Radeon 4200 GPU, which doesn't support HD audio, apparently). So I am thinking of use the Optiplex 755 instead.
Thoughts? Good choices, gotchas anywhere, etc.
XFX Radeon HD 6450 625M 1GB DDR3 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Video Card HD645XZQH2
< http://www.amazon.com/XFX-HD645XZQH2-Vid...606&sr=8-1>
And this MCE remote:
Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control and Infrared Receiver for Home, Premium and Ultimate Edition
< http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224Z...F5B1M3UCTZ >
I want to run Frodo, and have support for DTS-HD MA and TrueHD. My AVR is an Onkyo TX-NR509, which does support those 2 HD audio codecs. This card was recommended in the pinned "Your first HTPC" thread. My current HTPC is a Dell Inspiron 410, which works fine, but won't support HD audio (it has a Radeon 4200 GPU, which doesn't support HD audio, apparently). So I am thinking of use the Optiplex 755 instead.
Thoughts? Good choices, gotchas anywhere, etc.