Evil Twin
20-11-07, 20:48
OK, like the title says, I'm building myself a HTPC, for a few reasons, Mainly to replace the DVD recorder, and my upscaling DVD player, and eventually to get a Blu ray, and HD dvd player in one box. Also it'll be nice to use the net, or do some light gaming on a big screen.
So far I have:
Asus M2A-VM HDMI: not sold by aria, its an AM2 uATX mobo
A+ Blockbuster II Case: again not done by aria,
Xilence Redwing case fans (3x80mm and 1x120mm, mounted on silicone mounts)
Initially, I intend to get the rest from aria in one go, which will be:
Vista Home Premuim
4GB ram: 2 lots of Corsair 2GB PC2-6400 XMS2 (2x1GB) Quickcode: #27405
Xilence 460w Smart semi-fanless PSU Quickcode: #24619
500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 16MB Quickcode: #25162
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz (Retail AM2) Quickcode: #28353
Internal card reader,
MCE remote,
whatever SATA DVD writer is going for a good price
At a later date when funds allow I'll be fitting:
I'll be getting a graphics card that can handle HD properly as soon as I can,
plus a Blu ray player,
and an HD dvd player.
Obviously I'd like it to be quiet, but will this be ok for what i need?
Any suggestions of things that could be altered to make it a more rounded system, or indeed components that could be swapped for quieter items?
So far I have:
Asus M2A-VM HDMI: not sold by aria, its an AM2 uATX mobo
A+ Blockbuster II Case: again not done by aria,
Xilence Redwing case fans (3x80mm and 1x120mm, mounted on silicone mounts)
Initially, I intend to get the rest from aria in one go, which will be:
Vista Home Premuim
4GB ram: 2 lots of Corsair 2GB PC2-6400 XMS2 (2x1GB) Quickcode: #27405
Xilence 460w Smart semi-fanless PSU Quickcode: #24619
500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 16MB Quickcode: #25162
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz (Retail AM2) Quickcode: #28353
Internal card reader,
MCE remote,
whatever SATA DVD writer is going for a good price
At a later date when funds allow I'll be fitting:
I'll be getting a graphics card that can handle HD properly as soon as I can,
plus a Blu ray player,
and an HD dvd player.
Obviously I'd like it to be quiet, but will this be ok for what i need?
Any suggestions of things that could be altered to make it a more rounded system, or indeed components that could be swapped for quieter items?