My HTPC machine spec - please comment

mikee37 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:30

Just about to order a HTPC and would like confirmation that the components seem balanced.

I want to watch movies and play latest games but have a relitively small area for the box to fit.

Spec is as follows:

CPU E6400
Case Origen AE H6
Power Supply Nexus NX-4090 Real Silent Power Supply 400Watt ATX 2.0
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R LGA 775 Intel G33 Micro ATX
Ram OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC
Harddrive 500GB Samsung SATA II 300 Hard Disk Drive 16MB cache 7200rpm
Harddrive 500GB Samsung SATA II 300 Hard Disk Drive 16MB cache 7200rpm
Graphics Card XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB DDR3
TV Card Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T-500
DVD Drive Pioneer DVR-112D
Vista Home Premium 32bit

My only real concern is can I fit both the graphics card 8800 and the TV card on the MATX motherboard.

Any advice very welcome.

Regards

Mike

mattyj1085 · 15 Jul 2007 at 22:27

You might be pushin it with only a 400W PSU with that setup
Should be able to fit the 8800 and the tv card easy not so sure of the length of the 8800 and that case though

Strongbow · 15 Jul 2007 at 22:56

I would go for the Terratec 2400i DT card instead.

...and if you weren't too bothered about ultra fps on your games then go for one of the ATI HD2600 range like this ATI one

Kanifee · 16 Jul 2007 at 08:17

Hi i have the mobo in the sig, exactly the same as the ds2r but no raid function.
if you were to get the card above that this member suggests you will have no problems at all fitting the 2 on the mobo.
Be warned though if you plan on doing any overclocking you could be seriously hindered by this mobo as the memory dividers are terrible.