BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

I'm building a media center. These are the parts I want to use. Thoughts?


Case w/ Power Supply:
Antec Veris Fusion V2 Silver/ Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel/ Aluminum plate front bezel MicroATX Media Center / HTPC Desktop Computer Case 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129029
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...129-029-02.jpg


Speakers:
Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speaker - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=N82E168361211
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...121-121-02.jpg


Tuner Card:
KWorld HDTV Digital TV Tuner PCI Card - KW-ATSC-115
http://www.buy.com/prod/kworld-hdtv-...204121576.html

Video Card:
Leadtek WinFast PX7300GT TDH 128MB DDR3 Extreme GeForce 7300GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122008


DVI-HDMI Cord:
Link Depot 7 FT HDMI TO DVI Cable Model HDMI-DVI-2 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812189056


CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700CFBOX - Retail


CPU Cooling:
Stock


Motherboard:
Foxconn NF4SK8AA-8KRS 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186059


DVD:
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058


Harddrive:
SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152052


Operating System:
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116049


Remote:
Microsoft A9O-00007 WinXP Media Center Infrared Remote Control - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16880100851
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...100-851-04.jpg


Extra USBs:
Koutech PCI to USB2.0 Card Model IO-PU520 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104216


NES USB Controller Ports (x2):
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/b4/de/bd00_1.JPG


Playstation2 USB Controller Ports (x4):
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/tomtop_co...GAME-KH001.jpg

Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

One word: Mcintosh

Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

I don't need any audiophile advice in this thread. Everything is going into the one box. No seperate components.

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But srsly, everything looks to be in order. Should be a nice machine once it's all together.

EDIT: I might look into upgrading the graphics card, but that's it. And as for HDMI cables, you get what you pay for. so a cord that costs 8 dollars isn't gonna give you top quality picture.

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No of a good medium price brand for cords? I see they have an hdmi-dvi cord for $250. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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No of a good medium price brand for cords? I see they have an hdmi-dvi cord for $250. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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yeah, don't buy that. I'd look to spend around 40 for a pretty decent cord. Don't get suckered into buying a Monster Cable, it's a ripoff.

Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

Meh, I really hate just buying it at a higher price without having any idea why it's better.

Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

Where are the nerds? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
 

tldr

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Maybe I just have bad experiences with them but I hate those [censored] little satalite speakers. Maybe I'm just a goof but I love floorstanders and big imposing speakers in general, those little baby things just don't do it for me. I haven't heard any that are reasonably priced and made in the last few years so I can't really objectively comment on quality.. I just don't like them [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. Hopefully someone can post here and tell me I am just being a dumbass and they are actually pretty good.