HTPC

[glic83]

was just wondering if anyone here has built there own htpc system and if they did how do they find it now,how much was cost etc??

[tfi016304]

Hi yes I have, and the family love it.

For prices goto www.scan.co.uk (http://www.scan.co.uk)

My system is:-

Case: Silverstone Grandia GD01B-MXR with lcd

PSU: 620W Corsair HX Series Modular SLi PSU, ATX, EPS 12V, whisper quiet

Motherboad: MSI K9A2 Platinum, AMD 790FX, AM2+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 533/667/800/1066, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

Graphics: 1GB EVGA GTX 280 FTW, PCI-E 2.0(x16), Mem 2430 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 670 MHz, 240 Cores

CPU: AMD Phenom™ 9950 Black Edition, Socket AM2+, 2.6GHz, 4MB Cache, 125W

Cooling: Thermalrright XP120 with a 120mm Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan with PWM

Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066)

Hard Disc: 2 x Samsung Spinpoint T Series 500GB each

Keyboard: Speedlink Wireless with built in trackball

OS: Vista 32 Ultimate


The system is connected to a 42" 1080P LG Plasma tv by a HDMI cable, it is also connected to my home network so that the kids can watch movies or play music from my HTPC in there respective rooms.

It is absoulutly fantastic and totally silent.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMEND