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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 Speakers: Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speaker - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=N82E168361211 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 Extra USBs: Koutech PCI to USB2.0 Card Model IO-PU520 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104216 NES USB Controller Ports (x2): Playstation2 USB Controller Ports (x4): |
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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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Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
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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Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
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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] [/ QUOTE ] 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. |
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Meh, I really hate just buying it at a higher price without having any idea why it's better.
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Where are the nerds? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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tldr
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Re: BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice
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.
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