towser
Established Member
Hello all, I have been reading these pages for a while now and am just about to embark on my first HTPC build, I have chosen the following parts from various posts on here and wanted to get the thoughts of all of you as to their suitability to work together.
Antec Black Fusion V2 MATX MediaCenter Case - Aluminium Front Bezel with 430W PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2 Heatpipe Cooler
Sony NEC Optiarc BC-5500A - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / BD-ROM - IDE - internal - 5.25"
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-HD-S2 - DVB-S2 receiver - PCI
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ - Hard drive - 1 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 32 MB
Processor - 1 x AMD Athlon X2 4850e / 2.5 GHz Energy Efficient - Socket AM2 - L2 1 MB ( 2 x 512 KB ) - Box
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) DHX Technology Heat Sink Lifetime Warranty
Apart from a wireless card, is there anything else I will need?
Thanks in advance to all who offer advice/ support etc.
Ron
Antec Black Fusion V2 MATX MediaCenter Case - Aluminium Front Bezel with 430W PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2 Heatpipe Cooler
Sony NEC Optiarc BC-5500A - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / BD-ROM - IDE - internal - 5.25"
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-HD-S2 - DVB-S2 receiver - PCI
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ - Hard drive - 1 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 32 MB
Processor - 1 x AMD Athlon X2 4850e / 2.5 GHz Energy Efficient - Socket AM2 - L2 1 MB ( 2 x 512 KB ) - Box
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) DHX Technology Heat Sink Lifetime Warranty
Apart from a wireless card, is there anything else I will need?
Thanks in advance to all who offer advice/ support etc.
Ron