What do you think of this HTPC?

[ferret face]

Hi guys,

I'm about to click buy on these items and wondered if you could see if I have missed anything or should upgrade anything.

The system will be used for movies including HD and also music, photos etc on a HDTV

Pioneer DVR-215DSV 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Antec NSK 2480 Desktop Case - 380W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Keysonic Wireless Keyboard/Touchpad ACK-540RF £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)


Total : £364.11


Cheers

Ferret

 

[thefishdude]

look good to me

 

[AbsenceJam]

Looks good, it will play everything you throw at it with that CPU and most stuff will be offloaded with DXVA anyway. Have a look at silentpcreview for some cooler and fan recommendations.
You just need to get yourself a decent soundcard as onboards tends to have interference and with the HD audio codecs you need analog output, and also a BD drive.

 

[ferret face]

Cheers guys..

Regarding getting a soundcard, I thought this motherboard played sound via its HDMI connection? Can I not just connect this up to my AV amps HDMI and all sound will go via that or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Ferret

 

[ferret face]

Just thought of another thing too, if I connect the HDMI cable to my AV HDMI will i be able to play all audio via this?

I.E Will it play mp3's and avi's etc or just HD material?

Sorry for the questions but I'm a noob!

Cheers Ferret