The mobo on my media pc needs replacing and as the system is long in the tooth I may as well do a more complete upgrade.
Current spec is a bit hazy (it has been off since the mobo went a few months ago)
It is in a coolermaster htpc case with a microATX mobo
I remember it is an AMD 64X2 of some description
I think it has 3gb of PC3200 ram
Branded PSU around 500w
Hauppage PVR150MCE
Soundblaster audigy xs (onboard sound was awful for music so had this knocking around and it improved it massively)
Geforce 9500gt passive cooling (the last upgrade I made some time ago)
can't remember what HDDs are in there but I have a spare 1tb one
I would like to reuse the case, PSU, HDDs, GPU and probably the PVR (although it doesn't record HD) - it's running vista 32 and that is OK as my extenders are setup for it
Use is really as a straightforward media PC with extenders around the house for TV and music, I don't work on it and gaming would be very light as I have a gaming PC.
So given I have the case and other bits and bobs I guess this is spec me CPU (and cooler), mobo and ram.
I'm totally out of touch with hardware at the moment. Clearly this doesn't need to be wildly high end and although I don't have a fixed budget no need to spend more than is merited for the use. What would anyone suggest? Thanks
Current spec is a bit hazy (it has been off since the mobo went a few months ago)
It is in a coolermaster htpc case with a microATX mobo
I remember it is an AMD 64X2 of some description
I think it has 3gb of PC3200 ram
Branded PSU around 500w
Hauppage PVR150MCE
Soundblaster audigy xs (onboard sound was awful for music so had this knocking around and it improved it massively)
Geforce 9500gt passive cooling (the last upgrade I made some time ago)
can't remember what HDDs are in there but I have a spare 1tb one
I would like to reuse the case, PSU, HDDs, GPU and probably the PVR (although it doesn't record HD) - it's running vista 32 and that is OK as my extenders are setup for it
Use is really as a straightforward media PC with extenders around the house for TV and music, I don't work on it and gaming would be very light as I have a gaming PC.
So given I have the case and other bits and bobs I guess this is spec me CPU (and cooler), mobo and ram.
I'm totally out of touch with hardware at the moment. Clearly this doesn't need to be wildly high end and although I don't have a fixed budget no need to spend more than is merited for the use. What would anyone suggest? Thanks