Hi and thanks for reading this thread.
I've built and oc'd many pc's in my time but recently the wifes been after getting a DVD burner for recording tv programs on Freeview etc.
I allready have a small home network setup so thought rather than spend 130 squid on just a "TV DVD Burner" why not make a HTPC box.
Looking to spend about £300 on case, mobo and DVB PCI tuner.
Ram and CPU's is off no object i can get hold of pretty much anything apart from the latest quad core cpu's which in my eyes is very overkill for a HTPC.
Im thinking maybe an amd am2 cpu as i've heard they run cool and cheap and 2GB ram and a decent PCI DVB tuner card with remote control.
I'd like it to play pretty much everything i throw at it and future proof it for a plasma HDTV which we're hoping to get by X-mas so im assuming I'd need a dedicated gfx card for that side of things.??
Also would people reccommend Windows MCE.? Is it easy to use ? please bare in mind its got to be wife proof
Is it easy to schedule program recordings etc.??
Thanks for any info / guidance..
I've built and oc'd many pc's in my time but recently the wifes been after getting a DVD burner for recording tv programs on Freeview etc.
I allready have a small home network setup so thought rather than spend 130 squid on just a "TV DVD Burner" why not make a HTPC box.
Looking to spend about £300 on case, mobo and DVB PCI tuner.
Ram and CPU's is off no object i can get hold of pretty much anything apart from the latest quad core cpu's which in my eyes is very overkill for a HTPC.
Im thinking maybe an amd am2 cpu as i've heard they run cool and cheap and 2GB ram and a decent PCI DVB tuner card with remote control.
I'd like it to play pretty much everything i throw at it and future proof it for a plasma HDTV which we're hoping to get by X-mas so im assuming I'd need a dedicated gfx card for that side of things.??
Also would people reccommend Windows MCE.? Is it easy to use ? please bare in mind its got to be wife proof
Is it easy to schedule program recordings etc.??
Thanks for any info / guidance..