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Peteybob35
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 7
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:50 am Post subject: New build |
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I decided it's time for a new computer. It's going to be running everything video to my 1272 and audio to my stereo through the s/pdif. Just wanted to see if anyone has any comments about parts, etc. Last time I was putting one together was when the 6600gt was all the rage for CRT's, I don't know if there are any similar preferences currently. Thanks for any help and input.
Stu
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Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder 1229
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223B
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P ATX Intel Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896-P3-1255-AR Video Card
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
Antec Sonata III 500 Black Computer Case
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee
Grand Total: $1,036.84
all from newegg
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AnalogRocks
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 26706
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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Not sure about the new crop of Nvidia video cards but I thought the ATi were better in the HTPC arena.
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MikeEby
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 5237
Location: Osceola, Indiana
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:34 am Post subject: Re: New build |
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SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223B
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
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No Blu-ray? The only other thing I can see I would do is get at least a 1GB or higher...HD takes up huge amount of room...The price difference between a 640GB and a 1GB is so small its hardly worth talking about...I just got (2) 1.5GB Samsung drives for $99.99 each shipped. I would stay away from Seagate but WD, Hitachi and Samsung are fine.
Video cars I'm bias towards ATI however I haven't tried a Nvidia card in a year so they are probably ok.
Mike
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