Small pc for LCD TV

[Claire Drew]

I am after getting a small smart pc to replace my DVD player and freeview box.

I have a Samsung 37" tv with freeview and 720HD.

I want to have wifi so I can connect it to the router and use the TV as a monitor to surf, watch downloads and general home stuff like pics and entertainment.

I want a graphics card that will have hd output for the TV and plenty of juice to run apps, storrage not a problem.

Here is a spec I have got of a well known site


Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 processor (2.66GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache)
MEMORY 2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 XT graphics card edit
OPTICAL DRIVE DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Total £503 inc vat and del

Please could anyone make any suggestions

 

[wolvers]

You probably don't need that processor. Something cheaper will do the job if you want to save some money.

Put it in this case with a quiet cpu cooler.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ntec Fusion Black HTPC Case - 430HE Watt PSU

I think you can get a passively cooled 3650 too.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

It's worth putting in a freeview tuner (make sure its VMC compatible) so you can record one thing on your TV and watch another on the PC, or vice-versa. If you put Vista premium on it you could use VMC to do everything, including watching TV and a remote is cheap. The EPG is good too.

If you want blu-ray for high def movies the drives are much cheaper now.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-048-PO&tool=3

Hope some of this helps.