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I currently have an aging, but quite capable, system. Specs as below:
4GB OCZ Rev2 Platinum Ram
Opteron 165 OCed to 2.9 Ghz
DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Socket 939
Audigy 2
Geforce 6800 Ultra
2x250 GB WD Sata 1 hard disks
1x 500gb Samsung Sata 2
Lian Li PC something or other case with 80mm fans (Noisey fans too!)
19 inch Hyundai L90D+
It's starting to creak along and latest games now have to be played at lower res. Not bad for four years of age though!
Now, I want a HTPC to go in my lounge and hook up to my Panny Plasma via HDMI. This machine will have Mediaportal on it and also be used as a download box overnight. I want to use it as a blu ray player and playing back other media such as iPlayer etc.
I also want an updated gaming rig. I am not a heavy gamer but would at least like to play Crysis on a decent setting along with Left 4 Dead and also be slightly future proof.
My plan is to port the rig above into a HTPC case and fit a silent gfx card along with a blu ray drive and then build another rig from scratch. But as you can see I am somewhat out of touch with systems so have no clue what is best to buy for future proofing etc.
I probably have about 700 quid tops. Is this a fair plan for that budget or would I be better investing 500 in the HTPC and get a cheap gfx card upgrade for my old rig for gaming? I don't even know if the DFI board supports the latest PCI express cards
Any advise and help is greatly appreciated
4GB OCZ Rev2 Platinum Ram
Opteron 165 OCed to 2.9 Ghz
DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Socket 939
Audigy 2
Geforce 6800 Ultra
2x250 GB WD Sata 1 hard disks
1x 500gb Samsung Sata 2
Lian Li PC something or other case with 80mm fans (Noisey fans too!)
19 inch Hyundai L90D+
It's starting to creak along and latest games now have to be played at lower res. Not bad for four years of age though!
Now, I want a HTPC to go in my lounge and hook up to my Panny Plasma via HDMI. This machine will have Mediaportal on it and also be used as a download box overnight. I want to use it as a blu ray player and playing back other media such as iPlayer etc.
I also want an updated gaming rig. I am not a heavy gamer but would at least like to play Crysis on a decent setting along with Left 4 Dead and also be slightly future proof.
My plan is to port the rig above into a HTPC case and fit a silent gfx card along with a blu ray drive and then build another rig from scratch. But as you can see I am somewhat out of touch with systems so have no clue what is best to buy for future proofing etc.
I probably have about 700 quid tops. Is this a fair plan for that budget or would I be better investing 500 in the HTPC and get a cheap gfx card upgrade for my old rig for gaming? I don't even know if the DFI board supports the latest PCI express cards
Any advise and help is greatly appreciated
