Spec Check for Media/HTPC

pmbuzz

pmbuzz

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Building a Media Centre/HTPC for a mate to use with his Sammy LE32R51BD, spending up to £500

Can I have thoughts please.

CPU: AMD Sempron 64 3100+ - CP-136-AM - £58.69
MEM: GEIL 1Gb PC3200 Value Dual Channel CAS 2.5 - MY-005-GL - £58.89
MOBO: ABIT NV8 NForce4 4X PCI-E - MB-080-AB - £46.94
HS/FAN: ZALMAN CNPS7700CU Ultra Quiet - HS-010-ZA
DVD: NEC ND4570 - CD-030-NE - £24.62
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint P SP2504C 250Gb SATA II 8Mb Cache - HD-018-SA - £59.87
Grafix:MSI ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256Mb DDR2 Avivo TV-OUT/DVI - GX-062-MS - £64.57
TV Card: Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T Digital TV Tuner Card - GX-074-LT - £38.72

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I would get a faster CPU, if you're going to scale to that panel rez.
Use a mobo that's passive IMO for a HTPC. The built in scaler on that panel isn't very good apparently.
 
i'm ordering the following tomorrow:

MSI K8NGM2-FID
athlon 64 3000
seagate 7200.10 320gb hdd

but already have:

2 * 512 twinmos pc3200 ram
dvd rom
enermax 431watt psu

motherboard is microatx but has onboard gfx/sound/gb lan
 
nice spec snow-munki

run your ram as fast as possible on that board. I had some stutter problems when watching one channel and recording on a second tuner, which i finally traced to my ram. I was running 4 x 256mb @ 333mhz dual channel. Going to 2 x 512mb @ 400mhz dual channel solved the problem. I can only assume it was down to memory bandwidth so i now run the htt 225mhz and therefore the ram @ 450mhz to give it extra headroom

Incidentally - in response to the OP i reckon a 3100+ sempron is plenty for a media center

Marc
 
whats the default clock speed of the 64 3000?
Is it faster that the Sempron..?

I'm also toying with the idea of getting a P4 D 805, would that be better ..?

Help !!
 
Would this be a better cpu than the Sempron..?

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2ghz Socket 939 ADA3400DAA4BY
 
I think the CPU is fine, although maybe you should change the graphics card to something like a 9800xt or 9800pro.
 
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