Building my HTPC - Part 2: The Build
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Uploaded by ZeeBOBNZ on Oct 22, 2008
So here I am building the HTPC. I spent a good half hour planning out the build so that I didn't make mistakes or have to re-do any part.
I was pretty close except I had to pull the sound card and tuner out to plug the front panel FireWire header in.
I'm also a cable nut and hate cables spread out all over the PC so i did the best job I could without cable ties.
Turning the beast on was a worry, i seriously thought that it wouldn't turn on, but it did!
Oh, and isn't the Asus Xonar pretty!
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He said combo, but I agree, HD-DVD is way gone.
2 years ago 3
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Its slow, the cabling is a b!tch and its ugly.
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Most the sound comes from your video card. It's meant for gaming not HTPC, I use a HD 6450 and because it is passively cooled (no fan) it's completely silent and doesn't overheat as there isnt a huge demand from it. You could also get a program like Riva Tuner and reduce the fan speed but monitor the temps.
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Don't use IDE, It's sucks
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What was that flash drive looking thing in the back of the HTPC?
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Love the way you have speeded up the video along with the music, very informative...good job!
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The components are pretty awesome. Nice board, RAMs and htpc case.
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i love asus
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@windekind27 that's what i thought ...thanks 4 reply
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@kamikazeOS If you're only going to use S/PDIF passthrough (optical), it makes no sense investing in an expensive soundcard; your receiver takes on the task of decoding and processing sound.
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I need opinions :D ...I want to buy a Pioneer A/V receiver should I let the onbord sound cuz I only need optical out...or should I invest in a sound card?
thanks in advance.
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You have got to be so fucking RICH!!!! That was expensive :'(
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can you use the monitor with an off button on the front like start, mce, back etc. buttons?
FliegenCH 3 years ago
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I never close MediaPortal, just put the PC to sleep when not in use using the remote or keyboard. When turning it back on it resumes from sleep in about 4 secods
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