BBV4L Nerds, I Need Advice

[NU Star]

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):

[Barretboy]

One word: Mcintosh

[NU Star]

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

[Barretboy]

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.

[NU Star]

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]

[Barretboy]

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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.

[jschell]

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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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monoprice.com

Good 6ft 24 gauge HDMI/DVI from here runs about 15 bones.

[doubLe a tom]

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Everything is going into the one box. No seperate components.

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thats what she said

[bekman]

don't do the Kworld TV tuner. Go with Hauppauge. I have used both the PVR-150 and the HVR-1600. The drivers are sound enough to work with multiples if you wish to record with 2 or 3 cards on different channels... and the quality is at least DVD quality on the High Def. I don't have HDTV so I can't compare any better than that.

[NU Star]

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don't do the Kworld TV tuner. Go with Hauppauge. I have used both the PVR-150 and the HVR-1600. The drivers are sound enough to work with multiples if you wish to record with 2 or 3 cards on different channels... and the quality is at least DVD quality on the High Def. I don't have HDTV so I can't compare any better than that.

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Doesn't the HVR-1600 have the ability to record from two channels at once, or watch one record on the other? That's the one I'm looking at now since you are the second person to recommend Hauppauge and that one is HD.

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