Newegg TV: Home Theater PC Build

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This week Paul and Matt are taking a closer look at a Home Theater PC build. HTPCs are convenient and versatile, and offer far more options than media extenders or even high-end cable boxes.

If you're interested in a HTPC for your home, check out our hardware choices for some tips and suggestions on getting the best parts your money can buy.


PRODUCT NAME @ Newegg:

Phenom II X6 Premium HTPC SuperCombo
Sku #:493681
http://bit.ly/bQcR1u


Moneual LAB Black Aluminum MonCaso 320B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case Sku #: 11-280-021
http://bit.ly/9eTo4k


AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
Sku #: 19-103-851
http://bit.ly/9UPrbX


GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-UD2H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Sku #: 13-128-445
http://bit.ly/cacgeJ


Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder 1229 PCI-Express x1 Interface - OEM
Sku #: 15-116-037
http://bit.ly/9m5rKt


Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Sku #: 22-148-413
http://bit.ly/aOxtQs


LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature Model iHBS112 - OEM
Sku #: 27-106-346
http://bit.ly/98wWoX


Rosewill RV2-700 700W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
Sku #: 17-182-173
http://bit.ly/9TLCxQ


OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Sku #: 20-227-551
http://bit.ly/90Nx8b


CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
Sku #: 20-145-260
http://bit.ly/bAJuST




- Credits -
Camera, Editing: Lam
Talking, Etc.: Paul & Matt

Music by 1Left - myspace.com/1left

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[VenVile]

6:15 = priceless! The screw fell in!

[Edge0fPain]

OK I've built many a gaming rig but even I think this hardware is kind of overkill.

Wouldn't a home theater PC be fine with a cheapy Athlon ii x2 3 GHz, 4 gig of RAM and a cheapy Radeon HD 5670 in there? I mean, all you're gonna be doing is watching HD movies. You don't need a very good system for that. Heck go with a 6670 if it's cheap enough.

[Steveindajeep]

what a horrible tour de force

[Edge0fPain]

@JakeBackmanTutorials

a HTPC usually isn't for gaming....

[JakeBackmanTutorials]

@Edge0fPain a home theater pc is basically every thing thats in ur living room (movie tv and gaming)

[LoCk3H]

n00000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000bs really?

[cuprasport]

this boys and girls is why you dont buy from newegg

[LoCk3H]

what complete noobs



[6packjellyrolls]

@jarviewallbanger probably not since there is nothing receive the signal

[jarviewallbanger]

will this setup work with a logitech harmony 1100 remote?

[nicholaswells]

@msbunnypaws it all comes down to what your media needs are. I have one, but I also have a expansive collection of digital movies and TV series. It is nice to watch them all on the TV while I use my other computer to play games and surf the internet. The case just looks nice on the entertainment center too, no one who comes over ever guesses that it is a computer.

[nicholaswells]

XMBC and Boxee are much better than the WMC for anyone who is interested in making one of these. If you notice the issues they have with web applications taking forever to load.