Media PC (Quiet) Specs?

andymac

andymac

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Been thinking about getting a media PC for quiet lounge use to play music, Digital TV, Blu-Ray Discs, act as a lounge PC etc. Would be hooked up to a decent HDMI 32" LCD TV

What do you all think?

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Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £77.99
(£91.64) £77.99
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Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case - Black Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR HTPC Case - Black £112.99
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Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £121.99
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GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
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Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) £48.99
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LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £72.99
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
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Lose the Q6600 and get an E8200. If you spend a little on a cheap graphics card that will do HDCP, i would have thought you would have a cooler system overall, especially if you undervolt/underclock the cpu, which means a quieter system!
 
oli collett said:
If you spend a little on a cheap graphics card that will do HDCP
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That mobo does support HDCP :)

If not encoding/converting video, as mentioned any of the E2000 series Intel's will do ;)

EDIT: Alternative spec...



That mobo/chipset is getting good reviews ;)
 
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hp7909 said:
That mobo does do HDCP :)

If not encoding/converting video, as mentioned any of the E2000 series Intel's will do ;)
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Yes I know it does, but it will use a lot of CPU doing it, I remember seeing reviews of the mobo and even with something like a 2.5gig core2 it was going at 100% playing blu-ray! I think you're better off leaving the video decoding to a dedicated graphics card if you want a quieter system.
 
hp7909 has given a good spec. I agree about the 780G chipset. The only changes i would make would be to get the cheaper Antec Fusion case and swap the HDD for a 750Gb Sammy drive which is super quiet AND faster than a Raptor X.

Might also be worth waiting for the new 4850e AMD cpu which is basically designed to run with the 780g chipset and uses only 45W of power!

Also need to add an OS (go for vista home premium 32bit), and a media center remote control (official microsoft one should do the trick)
 
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