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crainger
11-19-08, 07:56 PM
I would have gotten one that supports Intel processors. ::D:
nekrosoft13
11-20-08, 08:25 AM
I would have gotten one that supports Intel processors. ::D:

those AMD have to be good for something, plus cheap
nekrosoft13
11-20-08, 06:42 PM
its almost 5pm, where is my damn package, lazy fedex
crainger
11-20-08, 07:27 PM
You should have left milk and cookies for them.
nekrosoft13
11-21-08, 08:31 AM
fedex arrived around 6pm. HTPC is all put together, so far everything is working ;)

But now I need to grab a better cooler, stock is to loud, sometimes it hits the high RPM mode.
crainger
11-21-08, 08:38 AM
Fedex put your HTPC together? That was nice of them.
nekrosoft13
11-21-08, 09:23 AM
your funny crainger,
Blade
11-21-08, 10:19 AM
your funny crainger,

Yup, funny as a brain tumor.
nekrosoft13
11-21-08, 12:33 PM
new HTPC specs

AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 65w 2.7ghz + Stock Cooler
MSI KA780G
2GB Crucial DDR2 800
Samsung SH-S203B
250GB Hitachi SataII
500GB Maxtor SataII
no dedicated vga card

Any recomendations on a VGA card with HDMI that will do 7.1ch Audio over HDMI?
crainger
11-22-08, 02:17 AM
XFX have a few entry level Nvidia cards with audio pass through and a proper HDMI port.
nekrosoft13
11-22-08, 01:31 PM
XFX have a few entry level Nvidia cards with audio pass through and a proper HDMI port.

you need S/PDIF input?
nekrosoft13
11-28-08, 06:56 PM
picked up LG 6xBD-ROM/3xHD-DVD GGC-H20L at fry's today for 89 bucks today.
|MaguS|
11-28-08, 07:48 PM
What do you guys think of this? Would the CPU be able to play HD video well? I don't plan on watching any blu-rays or anything. This is just anime and emu's only really...

http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=34230&stc=1&d=1227916110
nekrosoft13
11-28-08, 07:54 PM
it should play 720p, but probably will strugle with 1080p.
|MaguS|
11-28-08, 08:06 PM
No real anime is available at 1080p and I got a PS3 for Blu-Ray.

Don't 6600GT's have Video Accelerations?
stevemedes
11-29-08, 01:23 AM
all the suggestions here look great. my two cents about HTPCs from my experience is stay away from 780G chipsets. Inadquate northbridge cooling and artifacts!
nekrosoft13
11-29-08, 04:09 AM
i have 780G chipset board now, so far no artifacts, but tons of other issues. really regret buying this board.
mullet
11-29-08, 10:10 AM
No issues at all, what issues are you guys having?
nekrosoft13
11-30-08, 02:53 PM
VGA driver for 3200 took over an hour to get working correctly, SATA is still not working correctly, there is 20-30 seconds delay while booting windows, where PC just sits there doing nothing.
mullet
11-30-08, 04:08 PM
Sorry to hear that dude mine was a brainless install, audio out of hdmi works like a champ to even the 3200 + 3450 hybrid worked like a charm. Then I disabled the 3200 onboard and just went solo 3450 and gained all my system memory back and most all BD are running 25% CPU and under.
nekrosoft13
12-02-08, 08:24 AM
oh another problem to add to list, HTPC won't go to sleep.

when I enter "sleep" monitors goes off, keyboard and mouse is unresponsive, but entire PC stays on, fans spining, optical drive working.

i miss my 939 socket nforce board.
six_storm
12-06-08, 11:41 PM
nekro, sorry to hear about the problems you're having with the 780G chipset. Mine has been great so far, no problems whatsoever. Maybe a bad board?
JasonPC
12-08-08, 11:04 PM
Has anyone ever used the 730i motherboard for a htpc? Looks like a nice motherboard to go with.
nekrosoft13
12-08-08, 11:09 PM
nforce8200 for amd or nforce9300 for intel are perfect boards for HTPC, can do 7.1 audio over HDMI
crainger
12-09-08, 12:42 AM
oh another problem to add to list, HTPC won't go to sleep.

when I enter "sleep" monitors goes off, keyboard and mouse is unresponsive, but entire PC stays on, fans spining, optical drive working.

i miss my 939 socket nforce board.

That's a common bug with new systems, both Intel, AMD and Nforce. All Vista PCs in my house do it since SP1.