keylion
Established Member
Hi all,
Im about to re-build my nearly four-year old HTPC to incorporate Blu-Ray & HD-DVD playback along with a bit more power for decoding the collection of HD files on my hard drive. After a few weeks of research, I am proposing to order the following spec:
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5GHz Energy Efficient Socket AM2 54.04
Motherboard ASUS M2N-X nForce 520 Socket AM2 6 channel audio ATX Motherboard 39.51
RAM 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC2-5300 26.97
GFX 512MB Power Color HD 2600 Pro SCS3 (SilentPipe) PCI-E(x16) 52.28
Hard drive 320 Gb Samsung HD321KJ Spinpoint T166, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache 46.99
Drive LG GGC-H20L Lightscrib SATA READS - Blu-Ray & HD Disc's black - OEM 136.29
OS Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD) 63.44
Total: 419.52
The HTPC will be connected as follows:
DVI 720P Projector
HDMI 1080P LCD TV
Do any of you have any advice or recommendations? My main concern is whether to go XP or Vista. I just dont fancy paying for an out-of-date operating system. Is there any real advantage of one over the other?
I will be using my existing case (Antec Sonata), keyboard & mouse.
Any input appreciated.
Regards,
Chris.
Im about to re-build my nearly four-year old HTPC to incorporate Blu-Ray & HD-DVD playback along with a bit more power for decoding the collection of HD files on my hard drive. After a few weeks of research, I am proposing to order the following spec:
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5GHz Energy Efficient Socket AM2 54.04
Motherboard ASUS M2N-X nForce 520 Socket AM2 6 channel audio ATX Motherboard 39.51
RAM 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC2-5300 26.97
GFX 512MB Power Color HD 2600 Pro SCS3 (SilentPipe) PCI-E(x16) 52.28
Hard drive 320 Gb Samsung HD321KJ Spinpoint T166, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache 46.99
Drive LG GGC-H20L Lightscrib SATA READS - Blu-Ray & HD Disc's black - OEM 136.29
OS Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD) 63.44
Total: 419.52
The HTPC will be connected as follows:
DVI 720P Projector
HDMI 1080P LCD TV
Do any of you have any advice or recommendations? My main concern is whether to go XP or Vista. I just dont fancy paying for an out-of-date operating system. Is there any real advantage of one over the other?
I will be using my existing case (Antec Sonata), keyboard & mouse.
Any input appreciated.
Regards,
Chris.