Spec your rig.

[Andrew Moore]

Hello all, interested in seeing what kind of rigs some chaps have here so spec them up and tell us what you think of the hardware. This sort of thread could prove useful for those looking at trying out certain combos and not knowing what to expect. Its proved semi useful on another forum so I shall start off.

Home User rig.

Athlon x2 240 2.8ghz
2gb ddr3 1600mhz
Foxconn motherboard of some sort :D 790GX
500gb sammy F1
onboard Ati 3200.
Antec p180
OCZ 400w unit.
Lite-on Blu-ray drive.
Windows vista HP 64bit.
42" samsung 1080p TV

Conclusion. Excellent for internet + dvds/music. Very quiet, reliable and quick in windows. Can play older games such as Half life 2 at 40fps+ at 1080P so Its no slouch for the older/retro market.


Home user rig 2.

Athlon x2 245 2.9ghz (i think)
matx asus motherboard
2gb ddr2 800mhz
500gb sammy F3
onboard ati 3200
Antec 300
Antec earth watts 380w unit.
Samsung dvdrw unit.
Windows Vista HP 64bit.
23" LG 1080p monitor.

Conclusion. Same as above just slightly slower due to memory bandwidth difference and slightly slower clocked onboard GPU. Still Manages older games at 1080p but a little slower. Performs tasks in windows ever so slightly quicker due to faster HDD and cpu.


HTPC/Bench rig

E5200
Foxconn blackops
2gb ddr3 1600
500gb wD blue.
8800gtx
blu-ray drive
400w OCZ stealthstream
Antec fusion MAX remote HTPC case
win vista 64bit


Gaming rig.

I7 920 @ 4.7ghz
12gb ddr3 @ 1880mhzcl8
Asus P6T deluxe V2.
2x 80gb X25M G2 drives giving 550mbs read, 80mbs writes. Faster than my old x18Ms as they were G1 and the IOPs wernt as good.
2x Sammy F3 1TB drives none raid
1x Sammy F1 512gb drive
1x GTX285 physx @ 786/1722/2644
2x GTX295 Qsli @ 710/1546/2410
blu-ray drive
Silvertone Strider 1200w PSU.
Custom water loop over 2x tripple, 1x dual 120mm rads.
Old School Modded Lian-li PC70 case.
Windows 7 HP 64bit.
30" 2560x600 3008wpf monitor.

Conclusion. EPIC for gaming at any level with any game.
A little noisey but then there are 10x 120mm high speed yates and 6x 80mm yates in the case. Brilliant computer but hates the leccy man.


Andy

[Gibbo]

HI there


Main PC Rig
Intel Kentsfield @ 3.50GHz
Abit IP35 Pro mainboard
3072MB DDR2 at 800MHz 4-4-4-12
Raptor 74GB HDD
No VGA
No PSU
LG Blu-Ray
Samsung Optical
Silverstone Black ALU Case


Laptop
HP 530 Thing
Celeron M Processor 1.46GHz
2048MB DDR2 SODIMM
30GB SSD
15.4" LCD
Windows 7


Work PC
Dual Xeon Bad Boy! :D

[Andrew Moore]

And how do they/did they perform? Trying to create an "online compare" type thing. where if enough systems get postedand people are buying X components, you can show them the thread and they can search for a similar machine to see how the owner thinks it fairs.

:D

EG, someone is planing on buying an athlon2 250 with 2gb of ddr2 1066 on an AMD 785 chipset. Point them here so they can see my home rigs 1 and 2 as they are similar and they can from that see what to expect from such a system as a basic guid line so to speak.

Andy

[Nifty]

Changes quite often - See my sig :p

I usually go for slightly more performance than price, although I can't afford extreme performance.

[tystar]

As Per Sig...

[wonderlust]

As per Sig (all Slic 2.1 modded :D) plus....

ThermalRock Eclipse
Asus P2B
Celeron 400 Slot1 modded headsink with Artic cooling 92mm fan
2 x 256Mb of Ram
Elcheapo PSU bought 2nd hand on Fleabay for £0.99
Matrox Productiva G100 4Mb
SB Live!
Sata card
Liteon Sata Burner
Intel 10/100 nic
1 x 160Gb Ide HDD
1 x 60Gb Ide HDD
1 x 46Gb Ide HDD
1 x 40Gb Ide HDD

[Andrew Moore]

And these perform how lol?

Andy

[RawZ]

I'd spec mine, but it changes each week for benching.

Main bits..

Biostar TA785GE 128M
ATI HD4200 @ 1050/533
2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 @ 1200Mhz 5-5-5-15
320GB WD AAKS Caviar Blue
Corsair VX 450W w/ Sharkoon 1000 "Golf Ball"

Cooling..

HK 3.0 LT | RX120 | San Ace H1011 + Ice Bath :D

CPU at the moment - AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 4Ghz.

[tystar]

As Per Sig...


And these perform how lol?

Andy

Great for what i need :popcorn:

I Generally use mine for internet, converting films, streaming to my xbox playing the odd games. depends if i fancie getting my a$$ kicked online or wanna see what the fuss is about when coiler or someone else on here is going on about a game.

[Nifty]

As my spec changes so does the performance :p

I use it for gaming and usually aim to have maximum texture details and 16xAF with 4xAA at 1680x1050. If games start to struggle with that then I look to an upgrade.

At the moment I don't intend to upgrade from my Q9550 for a long while yet. The only upgrade should be the GPU in the next year.

[marsey99]

mines in my sig, not sure about my profile tbh as i aint updated that in an age but.

i need a new gpu atm as i need to drop iq @19/1200 (16/10 is ok tho :D). does well in all things i have thrown at it other than that

didnt see the point in i7 as its a server setup imo and only offers small gains to a gamer.

[PeterStoba]

I'd spec mine, but it changes each week for benching.


Same here

[Will]

AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE @ 3.75GHz,
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe,
XFX Radeon HD 4890,
4GB Corsair XMS2 @ 833MHz 4-5-5-15,
600W ModXStream,
320GB Samsung F1,
Windows 7 Home Premium

[A Ginger Sheep]

in my sig

[El Wayneo]

After my girlfriend spilt a whole bottle of coke on my PC.

I now have.

Intel PDC E6300 @ 3.4Ghz (1.2875V)
DFI X38
4GB Patriot Viper PC2-8000 @ 1040mhz
HIS ICEQ4 HD4850 512Mb
Coolermaster 620W
3 x 250GB WD Caviar HDD

Acer 22" 1080p Monitor
NZXT M59 Case.

Performs very well, i can max out L4D and Wolfenstein @1920x1080, Red Alert 3 is also maxed out but fps drops sub 30 with nukes.

COD MW & MW2 maxed out but NO AA or AF.

From turning on PC to playing a game about 65 seconds.

2 - 3 seconds for Office 2007 to open, internet browsing is instant really.

[/)zh]

Advent 4211 :popcorn:

[Will]

After my girlfriend spilt a whole bottle of coke on my PC.

I now have.

Intel PDC E6300 @ 3.4Ghz (1.2875V)
DFI X38
4GB Patriot Viper PC2-8000 @ 1040mhz
HIS ICEQ4 HD4850 512Mb
Coolermaster 620W
3 x 250GB WD Caviar HDD

Acer 22" 1080p Monitor
NZXT M59 Case.

Performs very well, i can max out L4D and Wolfenstein @1920x1080, Red Alert 3 is also maxed out but fps drops sub 30 with nukes.

COD MW & MW2 maxed out but NO AA or AF.

From turning on PC to playing a game about 65 seconds.

2 - 3 seconds for Office 2007 to open, internet browsing is instant really.

Need a 1GB 4890 to handle MW + MW2 on max :clap

Fancy mine? :p

[Andrew Moore]

New rig soon to be set up and ready to go.

The Bench rig.

Foxconn blackops X48 mobo
2gb DDR3 2000mhz
tiny win7/or xp
intel XXXX cpu (im benching whatever I can get a hold of)
GTX 260 Maxcore OC2.
Corsair CX 400 psu
500gb samsung f3
Air cooling/watercooling/phase cooling/LN2 (if and when its needed)

All looking to be rather good. Should be fun too... Cant wait :D

Andy

[Col]

2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
620W Corsair HX series PSU
Gigabyte motherboard, GA-MA790X-DS4
2 x 2 GB OCZ Vista Platinum PC2-6400
Powercolor Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
750 GB hard drive
640 GB hard drive
160 GB hard drive
120 GB hard drive
2 x 20x DVD-RWs, one supports Lightscribe
2 monitors, 1 x Asus VW202SR, 1 x ProView 17" 4:3 silver monitor
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream, black with window

[CMDR Furries]

For my main PC, look at my sig.

My Media Centre:

Intel C2D E6600
MSI P35 Platinum
8GB Geil PC6400 DDR2
Antec P182
Scythe Ninja II Heatpipe Cooler
Nvidia Geforce 9500GT 1GB
Compro E900F
OCZ 30GB Core V2 SSD
640GB WD SATA2 HDD
LG SATA DVDRW
LG GGW-H10N Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo
OCZ 500W PSU
32" Samsung 1080p TV


My Media Server

Intel C2D E4500
Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H
4GB PC6400 DDR2
A-Plus MicroAtx Case
450W ATX PSU
74GB WD Raptor
640GB WD HDD
Silicon Image 3132 PCI-E esata card
Edge10 DAS501t external enclosure
5x 1TB SATA2 HDD's

:D

[Martin]

Personal rig (Gaming PC)

AMD Phenom II 965 C3 @ 3.8GHZ
Black T.R.U.E 120 with 2 Antec 12 CM 79CFM fans
1000W ProXStream Power Supply
4GB DDR2 PC8500 G.Skill 5-5-5-15
ATI RADEON Sapphire 5870 @ 1050/1250
Coolermaster HAF 932
2 X BenQ G2220DHA 1920x1080 DVI
1 X Dell 22" 1920x1080 display port
Logitech X 540's
Logitech G5
Razor goliathus mousemat
OCZ Elixer II
Gigabyte GA -MA790GP -DSH4
1TB Sammy F1
250GB Seagate
3 X 32GB Sammy SLC in RAID 0
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

How does it perform :

It can play any game at 5760x1080, althoguh Crysis I have to turn down to "high", it boot up fast, overall it's a brilliant gaming rig for a kid.

[coiler]

Personal Rig - all @ stock clocks


Q9550
Asus P5Q-e
4gb OCZ @ 1066
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 216 OC2
150gb Raptor Gaming
Coolermaster 590
Corsair TX 750
Razer Deathadder mouse
Logitech G11 keyboard


All games play on ultra high settings with fps never dropping below 60fps. General use: photoshop, internet, audio encoding etc fast fast fast

[Adz]

In sig...

:)

[Andrew Moore]

Small bench rig to add to my list in OP (its a HTPC aswell when its ot being benched).

Andy

[.Alan.]

At the moment,

Asus P5b Deluxe WIFI edition
Q6600, running at stock
2x2 gig Patriot DDR2 800
ATI HD5770 Sapphire Vapor-x
150gig Raptor OS HDD and a couple of older drives aswell with a 1tb caviar green for backing everything up.
Antec P182 case
Panasonic TX-32LZD80 as a display.

[Tatts]

Mine changes quite often :(

I7 D0 (does 4.2ghz on 1.28V)
eVGA Classified
Corsair Dominator 1600
Asus HD5770 x2
HX850
TJ07
2x F1 320gb (OS) & 2x F3 1TB (storage)
Samsung 225MD 22"

[tystar]

As per sig but here it is anyway

Q6700 @ 3.2Ghz (@1.45v)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
4Gb OCZ ReaperX HPC DDR2 800 - Will change when prices come down as wanna put 8gb in
Asus 8800GTS 320mb - Will upgrade when needs must
640gb Twin Platter WD (OS) - Would like to have a SSD for OS
500Gb Hitachi (Docs/music/photos/Downloads)
1.5Tb Samsung F2 (Videos)
600w Stealth X Stream Psu
Antec NSK6500 Case
LG W2242S 22" LCD Screen - Want to upgrade to a 24" Screen

Not used much for gaming more for converting movies, downloading and anything else that takes my fancy :D

[vaio]

Greetings. :)

CPU.......36 cores.....108 Ghz plus 13 ghz retired single core stuff.
Board.....Gigabyte/DFI/Abit/Asus/Asrock/MSI
Case......Antec/Enermax/Jeantech/Coolermaster/Silverstone
PSU.......Corsair/Seasonic/Antec
Ram.......Gskill/Geil/Crucial
Cooling: Thermalright/Xigmatek/AC
Storage: Samsung/Maxtor....about 20tb
GPU: Mostly ATI and a pair of GTS 250's.
OS: 7 64 bit/XP/Vista/WHS/Ubuntu.
Monitor: 37" Hannspree/32" Hannspree/various 22"/various 19"/21" crt/17" crt.
Sound: Logitech Z580's/various Creative 5.1's/Shure 440 'phones.

Mobile....Notebook and a pair of netbooks.

Usage.........No gaming, coding, benching etc......just Crunching!!!

[Andrew Moore]

If you do a lot of crunching i can only assume you mean "FOH".. Which if you do, why Ati?? ATI suck at folding. Get some decent nvidia cards in there like your bargain tastic gts250s

Andy

[vaio]

Quit Folding a few years ago when my 1900xt died....at the time ATI was THE way to fold!!!....I stick to Boinc these days.

http://www.gpugrid.net/

[Andrew Moore]

Graphics card:(one or more)Recommended: Geforce GTX 275-280-285-295,

Theres the same feeling here... It would appear NV all the way.

Andy

[vaio]

My 250's run it fine :)

[mac124]

See sig for specs on my various set up's :)

[AaronWHUFC]

See sig for specs on my various set up's :)

Essentialy you have two gaming pc's there:p

[n1blo]

CPU: Q6600
HSF: Corsair H50
MOBO: Asus P5Q3 Deluxe
RAM: 6GB DDR3 OCZ 1866MHz
GFX: 2x 4870HD 1GB
HDD: 2x F1 1TB, 1x Raptor, 1x F3 500GB
PSU: Corsair HX620
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
COOLING: Enermax UCCL's 120mm.

It's getting on abit now though :P

[AaronWHUFC]

CPU: Q6600
HSF: Corsair H50
MOBO: Asus P5Q3 Deluxe
RAM: 6GB DDR3 OCZ 1866MHz
GFX: 2x 4870HD 1GB
HDD: 2x F1, 1TB 1x Raptor, 1x F3 500GB
PSU: Corsair HX620
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
COOLING: Enermax UCCL's 120mm.

It's getting on abit now though :P

Got quite enough storage there have we?:rolleyes::p

[vaio]

Wow, someone actually bought an Obsidian :eek::P

[Tatts]

Wow, someone actually bought an Obsidian :eek::P
I heard they are the new Antec 300 :lol:

[AaronWHUFC]

I heard they are the new Antec 300 :lol:

Yeah, the budget gamers choice:D

[Tatts]

Yeah, the budget gamers choice:D
No, one in three people buy them :clap

[n1blo]

Wow, someone actually bought an Obsidian :eek::P

Whats wrong with the Obsidian?!

That's only the internal storage for that machine!
I've got a server with about another 3TB...

I wouldn't really like to count how much storage we have in the whole house! :rolleyes:

[vaio]

Nothing wrong with it....just very expensive.
Guess I'm a cheapskate :P

[n1blo]

It's an awesome case, everything about it oozes class :p

Cable management was an absolute dream.

[mac124]

Essentialy you have two gaming pc's there:p

Hehe some times its just too much trouble to switch the other pc on so i needed a little bit of gaming ability in my daily pc :D

[InvaderGIR]

Main PC:

AMD AM2 4600+ 2.4GHz
2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 6400 4-4-4-12
Ati Radeon X1950XT 256MB
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
3x Seagate Barracuda 320GB
2x Samsung Spinpoint 500GB
Creative Audigy 2 Professional
Hiper Type-R 580W
Lian Li PC-7B Plus II
Viewsonic VX1935WM
IIyama ProLite E431S
Samsung External DVD Writer SE-S084



2nd PC:

Intel P4 2.4GHz
2GB generic ram
Asus board
MSI FX5200
Generic LAN card
1xSeagate Barracuda 200GB
Lian Li B20A



Laptop:

Dell Latitude D420
1.06GHz U1300
1.5GB RAM
60GB 1.8" HDD
Intel Mobile 945 Express 64MB graphics

[gunny2k8]

You can see mine in my Sig ;), but want SSD as next update now.

[tystar]

CPU: Q6600
HSF: Corsair H50
MOBO: Asus P5Q3 Deluxe
RAM: 6GB DDR3 OCZ 1866MHz
GFX: 2x 4870HD 1GB
HDD: 2x F1 1TB, 1x Raptor, 1x F3 500GB
PSU: Corsair HX620
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
COOLING: Enermax UCCL's 120mm.

It's getting on abit now though :P


Got quite enough storage there have we?:rolleyes::p


just a little more than me... Although SSD for the OS as next upgrade and another 1.5tb should see me with enough

Although What is enough Storage? ;)

[marsey99]

....Although What is enough Storage? ;)

no such thing as enough is there?

i know one lad with just under 6tb :ekk:

[BeeP]

I have about 1.5 in my PC with more hanging around. Would love SSD for OS & a decent storage drive.

Might be getting a server later this year, thinking about putting all my storage in that, or at least my movies & stuff.

[tystar]

I have about 1.5 in my PC with more hanging around. Would love SSD for OS & a decent storage drive.

Might be getting a server later this year, thinking about putting all my storage in that, or at least my movies & stuff.

Have thought about this but not to clued up on setting a server up.

Would love a server with about 10tb, Would be enough i think...

1TB = Music
1TB = Pictures
1Tb = Downloads
7TB = Movies

Think this would be just right for a while.

[vaio]

Old rig......WHS.....couple of big discs......sorted.
Even an old single core would do the job.

[Tainted]

I'm currently using my 6+ year old P4 set-up which runs COD4 very well.

It's specs are:

CPU: P4 2.6ghz
Board: Gigabyte x158 or something similar...
Case: Standard Fujitsu Scaleo Beige ownage
PSU: Generic 290w PSU (6 years, 3 diff GPU cards and still flying :) )
Ram: 1.5gb Samsung DDR2 PC2-3200
Cooling: P4 Intel Stock
Storage: Hitachi 80gb/Maxtor One 750XHD
GPU: Sapphire X-1650 Pro 512mb AGP
OS: XP Home
Monitor: 20" Samsung Syncmaster 1600x900
Sound: Logitech X-140's and Creative Fatal1ty Headset

Specs I'm building:


CPU: Phenom II X4 965 125w BE
Board: Foxconn Destroyer 780a SLI
Case: Antec 902
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w
Ram: 4GB Patriot Viper EP (2x2GB)
Cooling: Xigmatek Dark Knight
Storage: Samsung F3 Spinpoint 500gb and Maxtor One 750gb XHD
GPU: ASUS GTS250 OC Edition with LCD on-the-fly manual OC panel
OS: Windows 7
Monitor: 20" Samsung Syncmaster 1600x900
Sound: Logitech X-140's and Creative Fatal1ty Headset

[paz45]

my specs are

TJ07 (powdercoated red&black)
gigabite ud5
i7 DO
ocz 6gig 1600
ocz 60 vertex fw 1.5
1 t spinpoint
500gig
full board waterblocks (ek)
cpu block (xspc)
typhoon res
d5 pump
enermax 720 psu
2x 23" monitors
gpu ( wanting 5870)

[wonderlust]

Storage... hmmm I have just had to upgrade mine...

HTPC
1 x 500Gb F1
3 x 1Tb F3

Server
1 x 500Gb F1
1 x 500Gb 7200.10
1 x 200Gb 7200.10

Game PC
1 x 200Gb 7200.10
1 x 500Gb 7200.12
1 x 500Gb 7200.10

Antec MX2
1 x 1Tb F3

Medion Esata/USB Enclosure
1 x 500Gb F1

Loose
2 x DiamondMax 10 200Gb
1 x DiamondMax+ 9 160Gb

:redface:

[tystar]

you have way to much pron stored mate.... :redface:

[Pix]

Jesus, Wonderlust, what are you doing with all that storage? :P

Edit: Tystar got in front of me with a much less subtle comment xD

[wonderlust]

I can safely say there is no pron on there at all, keep that on DVDrws lol :)

@Pix MKVs Divx, DVD ISOs

[Andrew Moore]

You started storing blu-rays yet?? I have about 10 ripped (menus and everything) and its taking up nearly 400gb :(

Andy

[wonderlust]

I don't own any Bluerays but as you say a 1080p film can take up in excess of 15Gb

[tystar]

You started storing blu-rays yet?? I have about 10 ripped (menus and everything) and its taking up nearly 400gb :(

Andy


I don't own any Bluerays but as you say a 1080p film can take up in excess of 15Gb

Hoping to get all mine stored when i can get the 360 to playback mkv's properly

dont wanna have to have a seperate media centre under the tv when the 360 does just a good enough job streaming.

[wonderlust]

I have been looking at a media enclosure, but the latest generation of Realtek based devices all have issues. But many companies are working on Firmware updates to fix them.

When they get a little mature then the Sumvison Cyclone MKV Enclosure is on my shopping list. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Electronics/Media+Players/Powerful+1080p+HD+Media+Player+Enclosure+?productI d=39153

It is getting very good reviews as it is before the fixes!

[mac124]

Specs I'm building:


CPU: Phenom II X4 965 125w BE
Board: Foxconn Destroyer 780a SLI
Case: Antec 902
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w
Ram: 4GB Patriot Viper EP (2x2GB)
Cooling: Xigmatek Dark Knight
Storage: Samsung F3 Spinpoint 500gb and Maxtor One 750gb XHD
GPU: ASUS GTS250 OC Edition with LCD on-the-fly manual OC panel
OS: Windows 7
Monitor: 20" Samsung Syncmaster 1600x900
Sound: Logitech X-140's and Creative Fatal1ty Headset

Save yourself quite a bit of money and get a cheaper psu, thats WAY over the top for your proposed rig, unless you plan on getting a couple of much more powerful gfx cards at a later date, otherwise nice propsed set up.

[.Alan.]

Oi! this is turning into a 'whats on your hard drive' thread.

[wonderlust]

Past page one so its allowed ;)

[tystar]

I have been looking at a media enclosure, but the latest generation of Realtek based devices all have issues. But many companies are working on Firmware updates to fix them.

When they get a little mature then the Sumvison Cyclone MKV Enclosure is on my shopping list. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Electronics/Media+Players/Powerful+1080p+HD+Media+Player+Enclosure+?productI d=39153

It is getting very good reviews as it is before the fixes!


i know these are more expensive but these get wicked reviews and heard nothing but good things.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Electronics/Media+Players/Western+Digital+LIVE+1080P+INTERNET+MEDIA+STREAMER ?productId=38791

[Tainted]

Save yourself quite a bit of money and get a cheaper psu, thats WAY over the top for your proposed rig, unless you plan on getting a couple of much more powerful gfx cards at a later date, otherwise nice propsed set up.

I've bought it already mate. I am considering selling it, hence me posting it in the price check area. I'm looking at a Corsair TX650w to replace it in my system as I feel that is more than enough and it should give me some headroom to upgrade. I've bought everything else listed in the set-up so far except the CPU.

Thanks for the advice. :)

[DoubleTop]

my storage is handled with a HP mediavault with a couple of drives in, and removable caddies in my big machine. I've 60Gb worth of MP3s that don't get used now since Spotify. I suppose I've about 250Gb of proper stored data that is in three different places. Now a single video in sight :(

DT.

[.Alan.]

Past page one so its allowed ;)

Pah! Real men show 100 posts per page.:p

[wonderlust]

i know these are more expensive but these get wicked reviews and heard nothing but good things.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Electronics/Media+Players/Western+Digital+LIVE+1080P+INTERNET+MEDIA+STREAMER ?productId=38791

I believe that they are based on the same chipset.

Like the Sumvison one most reviews are top notch, but once you start looking around (AVfourm for instance) the issues come to light.

Luckily Sumvision UK are working with the Guys over there and hopefully they will have a bug free product very soon.

I like the Idea that it can be used as a NAS when not in use as a Media player, and can play back Blueray ISOs (contrary to the comment from Aria's staff on the product page...)

[tystar]

oh ok, cool might have to have a look at them a bit more as may be worth having one anyway.

Still want full mkv support on the 360 first though.

[wonderlust]

Have you looked at the Green button?

[tystar]

yeah, but cant sus it out properly :(

Will have a proper play again in a couple of weeks when i'm off.

[wonderlust]

I don't have a 360 and the only TV I watch MKVs on at the mo is next to the HTPC ;)

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/IMG_0127-1.jpg

[tystar]

Yeah i prefer to watch in the living room on the main TV..

(will post upto date pic later)

[wonderlust]

Thats the only LCD/Full HD TV I own so not a lot of point having an extender in the lounge. but the Enclosure would be good for going round mates of Familie's houses.

[El Wayneo]

I use XenonMKV to convert HD MKV to play on the XBox 360 in the livingroom, works well and no need for a HTPC.

[gunny2k8]

i m currently trying out TVersity on my self built NAS catalogs everything for Windows Media Player so all i do on 7 is click Media Player and it says TVersity on XXXX and i click it and it goes to vid's pic's music folders etc,..... works same on 360 not through media center bit thou ....

http://tversity.com/

basicly think of it as itunes server like but does everything not just music

failing this thers also Twonkey (not free)

[.Alan.]

Have thought about this but not to clued up on setting a server up.

Would love a server with about 10tb, Would be enough i think...

1TB = Music
1TB = Pictures
1Tb = Downloads
7TB = Movies

Think this would be just right for a while.


Please tell me that'd be lossless otherwise you've got one hell of a record collection.

[tystar]

Yeah seen that before...

currenty using Media Browser on the 360. love the interface it gives for movies.

[tystar]

Please tell me that'd be lossless otherwise you've got one hell of a record collection.

That will be the plan to have almost every album in the genre of music i like :)

[gpro69]

Asrock P43R-1600twins wifi (Cheap, yet not bad for oc'ing once you've worked it out)
Antec Case (unknown type-silent range from 2-3 yrs ago) with TruPower 380W PSU
Q8200 @ 2.8 (stock V)
6Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2-1066-stock timing/speed (No Page File)
HD3850 (Good enough for any games I play @1280x1024)
2xWD320 AAKS Raid0 (OS + downloads)
1x Seagate 7200.10 400Gb (soon to be replaced with 2x 1Tb)
2xWD160 RAID1 (essential files and films etc. Also soon to be replaced with 2x 1Tb)
Raid1 because I once lost a drive...what a disaster that was...NEVER AGAIN.
3 case fans and still quiet-sitting in the corner of the living room-on 24/7.
Boots win7 x64 in 30 secs.:)

[meticadpa]

ASUS Maximus Formula (soon to have a DFI P45 T2RS too).
Intel E8500 @ 4.5GHz 24/7
Sapphire HD5850
Samsung F3 500GBs in RAID 0, with a WD 500GB AAKS as a backup drive.
Antec TruePower New 650W.
Thermalright Ultra 120a CPU cooler (soon to have a Prolimatech Megashadow).
Antec 900 motherboard tray as a case (soon to have a Dimastech Bench Table).
LG Flatron W2452TX Monitor - 1920 x 1200.

[gilgamesh]

hardware
MOUNTAIN MODS Duality Ascension case
DFI X58 UT T3EH8 motherboard
DFI P55 T3EH9
3X1 GIG OF corsair ddr1866
3x1 gig of GEIL DDR3 2000
CORE I7 920 oced to 4.4 gigs
CORSAIR 64 GIG SSD DRIVE
WD green power 1tb drive
BFG GTX 295 (nvidia)
TAGAN BZ 800W Piperock PSU
tagan 1000w " "
Matrix Orbital 5.25 bay LCD
NVIDIA 3-D VIsion bundle I.E Samsung 120mhz LCD monitor and Glasses

Cooling
(buidling a QUAD loop system)
Loop1: (FOR CPU)
THERMOCHILL PA 140.3 water cooling radiator
3X140MM XIGMATEC fans
thermochill compression barbs
WATER COOL HEATKILLER 3.0 copper version (with backing plate)
BITS POWER COMPRESSION CPU barbs
XSPC 1/2" ID tubing with THermochill coolant
2X LAMPTRON FC3 fan controllers
LIAMG DDC ULTRA PUMP with EK-X-RES
Loop2 (unfinished)
BLACK ICE 280MM radiator
2x NOCTUA NF-P14 fans

LOOP3 (unfinished
THERMOCHILL PA 120.3
3X noctua NF-P12 FANS

loop 4(UNFInished (BLACK ICE SR1 140MM RAD)