Thumbs-up on the click-thru.

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July 29, 2011 at 1:40 am #5043
SpacemanSpiff2000

    Thumbs-up on the click-thru. Had I known/thought about it, I would have done it. I’d be very happy to help you guys out b/c y’all helped me out so much here and on understanding this branch of tech (better than anywhere else … I have you props elsewhere). Also, I never would have considered an Intel mobo before … but reading here tells me I may have saved myself some trouble.

    To polish this off, here’s what the final order ended up being:

    case: SILVERSTONE Grandia GD05B micro-ATX
    CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz
    mobo: Intel BOXDH67GDB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67
    LAN: Rosewill RNX-N180PCe PCI Express Revision 1.1 Wireless Adapter
    RAM: G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
    PSU: Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D
    OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit [ not $80 🙁 ]
    $485 shipped from Newegg (before $75 Christmas gift card … thanks, Dad!)

    Bluray: Lite-On 4X SATA Blu-ray ROM Drive IHOS104-06
    capture: Hauppauge Colossus PCI Express Internal HD-PVR 01414
    $192 shipped (free) from Amazon

    Have 2x HDD: Western Digital 1TB EADS (originally from my WD NAS before upgrading) – $0

    Total: $677 pending remote choice/s (we all want universal/fewest remotes), Bluray s/w, and future Ceton still pending decisions.  Now it’s a race to Maryland. Newegg 3-day looks like it may get here tomorrow. Amazon supersaver ship MIGHT even get here Saturday (but I can start without those parts).

    Plan is to see how all this works before considering an upgrade to SSD or a video card, etc. I’ve read somewhere how to partition the OS drive to get the quickest possible response. Since this is my first time w/ Win7 or MCE, I don’t mind having to reinstall later b/c I usually screw up something the first time anyway.

    Thanks again for all of your QUICK and thorough assistance! :^{D