Spec me a media centre pc

[Death] · 27 Aug 2006 at 07:03

ok people i need a spec for a media centre pc. my misses comp just blew so im going to build a media centre and hook it up to my lcd (she is in that room mainly), so no monitor is needed. needs to have wireless keyboard / mouse , remote control and a network card etc. good amount of space , tv card and a gfx card that can handle HiDef stuff, plenty of trailers etc. my budget for this is around £600 , i can squeeze a bit more if needed tho.

Main uses : Tv, freeview, Inet, Chat, Email and trailers / films

Many thanks in advance,

Rich

hp7909 · 27 Aug 2006 at 07:42

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £59.95
Silverstone Lascala SST-LC17 HTPC Case (Black) (CA-027-SV) £60.95
Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-147-AS) £54.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) £59.95
Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG) £46.95
Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1300 Media Centre Edition Freeview TV Tuner (GX-026-HA) £69.95
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM) £54.95
BFG GeForce 7300 GT OC 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-032-BG) £46.99
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110 - Retail (KB-072-LG) £17.95
NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) £21.95
Subtotal £494.54
VAT £86.55
Total £581.09

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[Death] · 27 Aug 2006 at 09:48

thanks for that man, building it wont be a problem, so that spec will do anything i need media wise?

squiffy · 27 Aug 2006 at 09:53

That seems fine, however you could a similar spec into a MATX setup. ie Passive 6150/430 MATX. That 7300 GT Geforce has a fan.

(I use a Asus MATX 6150, 3700+, 1GB, Silverstone TJ-08 for the HTPC)

Larnica · 27 Aug 2006 at 10:08

If you need the software its about £60 OEM

hp7909 · 27 Aug 2006 at 15:17

[Death] said:
thanks for that man, building it wont be a problem, so that spec will do anything i need media wise?

Assuming that your are not doing any (heavy) encoding, that spec should do fine. I know you can maybe get a C2D setup but that will mean compromising other areas like hard disk which is more crucial!

Onboard GFX (NVIDIA 6150) also should do like suggested