HTPC

[DizzyEgg]

HTPC - Edit - Will 380W Power this?

Looking to build a PC to keep next to the TV, for watching things like lost and a few movies on. Will use it as like a sort of file server too. So far I have this:

I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction of a graphics card, or will this PC be capable of running HD videos?

Thanks

 

[DizzyEgg]

ok, had a bit more of a deeper think and decided to do it, changed the spec a little.

Gonna add the new dell 2408 when it out.

was thinking about a graphics card, cause no doubt i will end up playing games.

worried about the power supply, im going to try and clock the cpu to 3ghz and want to spend about 150-180 on a gfx card. will the psu be powerful enough to clock the cpu to that and run a mid range graphics card?

any help much appriciated.

Matt

 

[DizzyEgg]

So anyone. Will the EarthWatts 380W be powerful enough to run the above spec and either of these two cards:

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

or

BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Thanks

Matt

 

[DizzyEgg]

thanks for the info