Hello all,
Been lurking these forums for years, been reading the HTPC forums for a long time now too, finally got around to wanting to build mine, got rid of the laptop and have no PC at the moment (although I work with them, hence how i'm typing this!)
Here is the parts list...
Case: Antec Fusion Remote (Black)
Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY JR 790GX-M2RS Socket AM2+ onboard DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard
DFI LANPARTY JR 790GX-M2RS Socket AM2+ onboard DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard - Ebuyer
Proccessor: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2+ 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer
Other parts
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reaper HPC Edition RAM
OCZ 500w Modular PSU
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB HDD x2
What I want to know is, anybody have experience with this motherboard mostly or can anybody see any potential problems with this build?
It will mainly be used for media purposes and internet browsing, I may have to chuck in a gfx card or two when Diablo 3 comes out
other than that, it won't be used for gaming at all. I'll add Ninja CPU Cooler and some silent fans too to keep it running nice and cool.
As far as OS, i'm not too sure what to pick, I have been using Windows 7 for my primary OS at home for a while now, I'll probably pick Windows 7, but someone at work suggested I look at Linux distros, I have linux experience, Ubuntu have a media edition as well as the famous XBMC OS...
One last thing which seems to be a blackhole for my time when I try and look into this...I have a skybox, is it possible to rid of this and still retain full functionality or am I asking a trick question here?
Been lurking these forums for years, been reading the HTPC forums for a long time now too, finally got around to wanting to build mine, got rid of the laptop and have no PC at the moment (although I work with them, hence how i'm typing this!)
Here is the parts list...
Case: Antec Fusion Remote (Black)
Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY JR 790GX-M2RS Socket AM2+ onboard DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard
DFI LANPARTY JR 790GX-M2RS Socket AM2+ onboard DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard - Ebuyer
Proccessor: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHz Socket AM2+ 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer
Other parts
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reaper HPC Edition RAM
OCZ 500w Modular PSU
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB HDD x2
What I want to know is, anybody have experience with this motherboard mostly or can anybody see any potential problems with this build?
It will mainly be used for media purposes and internet browsing, I may have to chuck in a gfx card or two when Diablo 3 comes out
As far as OS, i'm not too sure what to pick, I have been using Windows 7 for my primary OS at home for a while now, I'll probably pick Windows 7, but someone at work suggested I look at Linux distros, I have linux experience, Ubuntu have a media edition as well as the famous XBMC OS...
One last thing which seems to be a blackhole for my time when I try and look into this...I have a skybox, is it possible to rid of this and still retain full functionality or am I asking a trick question here?