Hi there,
I am about to build a HTPC but before I spend my cash on all the components I was wondering what video quality I could expect from an HTPC compaired to the available standalone players. I shall be playing this through a PT-AE2000E (full HD projector) and feeding it via hdmi. Sound will be handled off the mobo via digital to my amp (may consider a seperate sound card later) I also want to add a TV tuner later but not decided on which yet.
One final point is would the 2Ghz proc be powerful enough for an HTPC - this is not a games machine.
The components I was thinking of purchasing are below:
gfx 1 NVIDIA Fanless 8500GT 256MB DDR2 PCI-E *HDMI*
HDD 1 SpinPoint HD103UJ F1 1000GB SATA-II 32MB Cache (OEM)
proc 1 Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB)
mem 1 Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB)
case 1 OrigenAE HTPC Aluminium S16V Black 116
optical 1 LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail
psu 1 FL-550ATX Fanless 550W PSU
mobo 1 Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Thank you very much for any info you can supply.
martin
I am about to build a HTPC but before I spend my cash on all the components I was wondering what video quality I could expect from an HTPC compaired to the available standalone players. I shall be playing this through a PT-AE2000E (full HD projector) and feeding it via hdmi. Sound will be handled off the mobo via digital to my amp (may consider a seperate sound card later) I also want to add a TV tuner later but not decided on which yet.
One final point is would the 2Ghz proc be powerful enough for an HTPC - this is not a games machine.
The components I was thinking of purchasing are below:
gfx 1 NVIDIA Fanless 8500GT 256MB DDR2 PCI-E *HDMI*
HDD 1 SpinPoint HD103UJ F1 1000GB SATA-II 32MB Cache (OEM)
proc 1 Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB)
mem 1 Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB)
case 1 OrigenAE HTPC Aluminium S16V Black 116
optical 1 LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail
psu 1 FL-550ATX Fanless 550W PSU
mobo 1 Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Thank you very much for any info you can supply.
martin