[king bongmaster]

I'm looking for a new htpc to make love to my shiny new 46" samsung, I stumbled upon this on ebay, just looking for some input on whether this would be worth it or not. Thanks!

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPECIAL-PHENOM-x6-10...dZViewItem $485.00


* AMD QUAD CORE PHEMON II AM3 x6 1075T (6x3.0GHz) w/QUALITY HEATSINK AND FAN QUAD-HEAT PIPE CPU HEATSINK AND DUAL BALL-BEARING FAN
* AMD880G MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTING USB 2.0, DDR3-1600, SATA-2, PCI-ExpressX16, Hydrid CrossFireX
* 4GB OF FAST DUAL CHANNEL DDR3-1333 RAM
* PCI-Ex16 2D/3D ATI HD 4250 1024MB HYPER-CACHE VIDEO w/ANALOG VGA , DVI-D/HDMI SHARED, HDCP COMPLIANT FULL HD 1080p w/7.1 Sound through HDMI, DUAL DISPLAY SUPPORT, HDTV
* 4x BLU-RAY PLAYER/DVD-ROM & CD-ROM DRIVE
* 500GB SATA-2 300 7200RPM 16MB CACHE HARD DRIVE
* 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET LAN
* 6-CHANNEL HIGH DEFINITION SOUND
* DELUXE ALIEN WING ATX MID-TOWER w/500W P.S. 120mm FAN P.S., 120mm QUIET COOLING FAN AND FRONT USB PORTS
* CUSTOM BUILD SYSTEMS FULLY ASSEMBLED AND TESTED FROM NEW COMPONENTS

[eskro]

Huge Overkill!!

ideas of AMD based custom builds here --> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92375
Those are BarBone builds meaning,
only things left to buy is your desired RAM + Hard Drive!

And on the INTEL side,
here's a FULL intel based Build --> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=93068
Ram + Hard Drive included!

[king bongmaster]

Thanks, I'm a long time xboxer looking to make the leap to htpc, not really sure exactly what to look for but I've been reading a bunch of threads here and I'm starting to get a better idea of what to look for

[eskro]

i updated my post #2, re-read --> http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=714644&postcount=2

[king bongmaster]

Wow that looks pretty awesome, does that bad boy do blue ray too?

[eskro]

Once you buy a Bluray Optical Drive and stick it in, Absolutely!!

Movies will play Flawlessly!
Even 3D Bluray movies!
And its a HD Audio Ready build!!

[king bongmaster]

Im curious, what setup do you use? and Whats a good blue ray drive?

[eskro]

[bluray] LG BD-ROM 10X Combo SATA ($70 + $0) http://ow.ly/1s0hhx

[king bongmaster]

Nice!, Other than being a little cheaper what are some of the advantages of the intel setup Vs. the phenom setup?

[eskro]

well, look, some like INTEL more, some like AMD more....
thats just the way it'll always been,,,

Both processors are on par performance wise...
there's really nothing else i can think of...

Both systems are great!

check here for cpu benchmarks --> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.p...40+2.60GHz

[king bongmaster]

Awesome! Thanks for all the info!

[eskro]

No problem!