So I’ve got some parts to put into my current HTPC, but am trying to decide if I should just add them, rebuild it, or move to a client/server set up.
My current htpc is:
Motherboard: MSI K9N plantinum
CPU: AMD A64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR2 800 (2x512mb)
Video card: MSI 7600GT
Hard Drives: Seagate 160GB PATA (OS/docs); Seagate 300GB PATA (sage), Seagate 320GB SATA (sage)
Optical: NEC N3500A DVD Burner (reflashed region free)
SD Tuner: PVR-500 MCE (pci)
HD Tuners: DVICO FusionHDTV Lite (pci), Vbox Cat’s Eye 150 (pci)
Case: Uneed X11 rev. 1 case w/ VFD&IR & rev. 2 HD cage
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 380W PS
Misc: Mitsumi floppy w/ USB 2.0 card reader built in
Software: XP Pro w/ SP2, SageTV 6.3.10, SageMC 6.3.7, Nvidia 91.47 drivers, purevideo decoder 1.02-223
AV gear: Westinghouse 32″ LCD via DVI, sound via SPDIF to Pioneer receiver
The parts for the HTPC are a 2GB RAM set, a WD GP 750GB hd, and two possible tuners: VistaView Saber 2020 and AverMedia M780.
I get my HD over the air, and SD via RF from comcast cable.
What’s got me thinking client/server is that I’ve got an office machine with a Antec Sonota 2 case, DVD-ROM & DVD buner, socket 939 MSI motherboard, dual core 1.8GHz cpu, AMD AIW800XT video card (don’t really like), 160GB and 300GB PATA hard drives.
I could throw a quad core cpu/mb in there, and strip out the htpc box to be a client with dvd – maybe using a 780 or 8200/8300 motherboard.
Just trying to sort out my options…
any thoughts?
Thanks,
Mike
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