Building my HTPC - Part 1: The Parts

I finally decided to build my Home Theatre PC and decided I would show it off as well :)

Part 1: The Parts

Case: Zalman HD160XT Plus

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+

CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Black Edition

Memory: 4GB - Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX 2 X 2GB DDR

Graphics: Saphire ATI Raedon HD4850 512MB HDCP HDMI PCI-E

HDD: 2x Seagate 750GB SATAII 7200RPM

PSU: Seasonic M12 700W

TV Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV HVR4000 Quad Mode TV Reciever

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Ultra Fidelity PCI Sound Card

Keyboard: Logitech DiNovo Edge Ultra Slim Keyboard

Mouse: Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• htpc
• computer
• diy
• electronics
• gadget
• home
• theatre
• zalman
• hd160xt
• hauppauge
• media
• portal
• mediaportal

[cdbular]

Ohh man that is gaming PC, not just a simple HTPC.. XD

[bigdima3]

too much for HTPC , ,way too much ,, i want to buy that GPU for gaming on my 19" monitor and ur using it for media ,

[Vortex1988]

Complete overkill for an HTPC, even by today's standards.

[LemonPieLoL]

@roflmewaffles granted that this was made in 2008, but there were low power/cost solution existing even then.

[LemonPieLoL]

@roflmewaffles well it is simple really, a quad core phenom II and a 4850 is overkill, there is no media content that will even come close to maxing out that hardware. the hardware requirements to run 1080p flash video with solid performance (the most processing intensive task a HTPC will encounter) will only use a fraction of that hardware. a d525 desktop ion motherboard would be more than enough, at the fraction of the cost, running at about 40 watts at a fraction of the cost would be better.

[roflmewaffles]

@LemonPieLoL Educate us, Einstein. Ya miserable fucktard.

[asus3571]

with that tv tuner can u still use on demand with time warner

[LemonPieLoL]

HTPC? are you kidding me?? that is just a gaming machine with an HTPC case and a TV capture card, so what? you people just don't get it, honestly.

[larrydav1d]

If you got a better video card you didn't need to buy that sound card. Passthrough audio lossless is available in the better video cards.

[franzemo]

The components are not really "htpc-ish". More like a gaming pc for me. I say overkill

[franzemo]

The components are not really "htpc-ish". More like a gaming pc for me. I say overkill

[ajking2011]

youd be on crack to put that gpu in an htpc