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Ace Modder's HTPC Project Log
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Just been to richer sounds and picked up my new Tannoy V4 fronts.
Spoke to the guy there, and got a nice deal out of him.
If anybody is concerned about them fitting inside an Impreza. Here is the proof they do fit in!
Spoke to the guy there, and got a nice deal out of him.
If anybody is concerned about them fitting inside an Impreza. Here is the proof they do fit in!
Nice build going on their!
Made to measure, did you stick the kids in the boot?
I went and fetched the speakers on my lunch break, strangely I don't bring my lad to work with me lol
I went and fetched the speakers on my lunch break, strangely I don't bring my lad to work with me lol
Ha ha fair enough, you might gone home with some extra goods
I have loads more storage I can stream from.
My main PC has 6 TB of space, I have a synology box which currently has 2 x 1TB drives in, I will be looking to upgrade this to a 4 bay device with 4 x 3TB's (gotta check if the software supports drives over 2TB first though).
I would love to build a proper file server in my attic too, with loads of drives, a rackmount cabinet style thing that could be something for the future, not anytime soon though.
I'd love to have a proper file server with lots of drives as well, my Microserver is brilliant but it only holds 4 drive (unless modded).
If your HTPC is going to be used for just streaming I would definitely look into the Acer Revo! I have the R3700 running XBMC Live and it's perfect!
It'll be around £180, and I'd spend the rest upgrading your Synology perhaps.
I don't want a netbox type PC. I want to option to have the odd game on it. Maybe a few racing games, at medium Graphics settings the AMD onboard GPU should be fine when outpuitting to a 1080p TV. Maybe even get a racing chair later on.
To be honest I think you are right. May chuck the 16GB into my mrs PC (she games) as I have a spare set of Kingston 4GB kit.
Wow! Loving the look of those speakers. Can't wait to see how this evolves.
Sorry to be a bit thick - but what does the AV receiver do? I'm looking to replace the Samsung Home Theatre unit I've got but know very little about home theatre. Ideally I'd like to get a set of separates to hook up to my HTPC and projector setup, but I'm not sure what role each of the components has, and what to look for. Those speakers certainly have my attention though...
Sorry to be a bit thick - but what does the AV receiver do? I'm looking to replace the Samsung Home Theatre unit I've got but know very little about home theatre. Ideally I'd like to get a set of separates to hook up to my HTPC and projector setup, but I'm not sure what role each of the components has, and what to look for. Those speakers certainly have my attention though...
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Onto the HTPC now!
I'm using the following:-
YOUR BASKET
1 x Streacom ST-FC10B HTPC Aluminum Case - Black £249.98
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £79.99
1 x Streacom Nano 150w HTPC Power Supply/Adapter £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Adata XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-64GM-C) £60.98
1 x Streacom ST-IRRC Multimedia Remote and Receiver £19.99
Total : £730.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Call that an HTPC? Puny!!
The AV receiver is basicially an amp but with video output capabilities too.
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AV Receivers do have a Radio built in as well.
Apart from the radio & powering the speakers plugged into it, an AV receiver's main job is to decode the various surround sound formats available on DVD & blu-ray, provided you plug something into it that can play them, such as a standalone player or a correctly setup HTPC, or even a media player if the blu-ray or DVD has been converted to the correct media format.
Some of the more expensive AV Receivers can stream music from various sources, can act as a central hub for your media sources to switch between your telly and/or projector and can in a few cases convert an analogue video input into a digital one & 'try to improve' (if you believe the marketing hype
) the inputted signal into a better one by various video processing techniques.The 'try to improve' bit I wouldn't bother with TBH, it never works for me with cheap to mid range AV receivers that have this so called feature, you're better off with a video scaler & good quality ones cost ££££'s.
The synology DS413j will take upto 4TB drives (16TB total O_o) as well as 3TB, cracking 4-bay NAS for the price.
Ahhh. Thanks!
AV Receivers do have a Radio built in as well.
Apart from the radio & powering the speakers plugged into it, an AV receiver's main job is to decode the various surround sound formats available on DVD & blu-ray, provided you plug something into it that can play them, such as a standalone player or a correctly setup HTPC, or even a media player if the blu-ray or DVD has been converted to the correct media format.
Some of the more expensive AV Receivers can stream music from various sources, can act as a central hub for your media sources to switch between your telly and/or projector and can in a few cases convert an analogue video input into a digital one & 'try to improve' (if you believe the marketing hype
The 'try to improve' bit I wouldn't bother with TBH, it never works for me with cheap to mid range AV receivers that have this so called feature, you're better off with a video scaler & good quality ones cost ££££'s.
Nice! Thanks for spending the time to elaborate for me.
Any further questions will go the other section in the forums - thanks for allowing me the mini hijack.
Looks like I'll be looking for a similar set-up when I re-do the room downstairs - Thanks for the heads-up/inspiration
The 16gb can be very interesting if you are going to put a tv tuner in your rig. Timeshifting is very taxing on hdd and ssd, and its much better to have a ram drive mounted with say 8gb to handle time shifting.
Also, I'm not sure about the remote. The receiver looks like its inside and an RC6 (absolute must) which is a plus, but the remote itself is not very pretty, and i'm not sure about those directional keys (they might be fine, but just a thought).
I used this remote before and it was great (the directional pad is really good)
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