Hello all,
I have come here to run some ideas by the people who are much more knowledgable about htpc's than I am. I am in the planning stages to build a very nice machine that is more focused as a high end music server than htpc. At the same time, I want to go ahead and make a high quality htpc as they are both along the same lines.
Case: Either an Ahanix d-vine series 4 or a Silentsource LC03. I would like to have a very well laidout chasis that will look very good foro the future. The most important thing I want in a case is the ability to make it silent.
Mobo and Chipset: I already have the motherboard and processor that I will be using for the time being; they are the ASUS A7N8X-E DLX and Athlon XP 2500.
Power Supply: With noise in mind I am thinking of the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 or 350.
Hard Drives: I will be using the Samsung with Spinpoint for the new HDD's. These seem to be the quietest available.
Soundcard: Not real sure about this one yet. I am a stereo music guy, I am running my DIY speakers off of a DEQX PDC2.6 which has an onboard dac using OPA2134 op amps so I am not sure if it would be better to do the converting before hand or send the digital signal to the DEQX and let that thing convert it.
If I would do it onboard then I think one of the EMU offerings would be a good choice. I would love to use a Lynx card but I don't think that is in the budget at the moment.
Videocard: I really don't know here. I would like to be able to play dvd's as well as see hidef signals with a cable feed as well. Again, this is definitely my weak spot so help and req's are needed. I don't need the highest end as I never like buying cutting edge technology because of the price.
Any comments or help would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
wasser :T
I have come here to run some ideas by the people who are much more knowledgable about htpc's than I am. I am in the planning stages to build a very nice machine that is more focused as a high end music server than htpc. At the same time, I want to go ahead and make a high quality htpc as they are both along the same lines.
Case: Either an Ahanix d-vine series 4 or a Silentsource LC03. I would like to have a very well laidout chasis that will look very good foro the future. The most important thing I want in a case is the ability to make it silent.
Mobo and Chipset: I already have the motherboard and processor that I will be using for the time being; they are the ASUS A7N8X-E DLX and Athlon XP 2500.
Power Supply: With noise in mind I am thinking of the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 or 350.
Hard Drives: I will be using the Samsung with Spinpoint for the new HDD's. These seem to be the quietest available.
Soundcard: Not real sure about this one yet. I am a stereo music guy, I am running my DIY speakers off of a DEQX PDC2.6 which has an onboard dac using OPA2134 op amps so I am not sure if it would be better to do the converting before hand or send the digital signal to the DEQX and let that thing convert it.
If I would do it onboard then I think one of the EMU offerings would be a good choice. I would love to use a Lynx card but I don't think that is in the budget at the moment.
Videocard: I really don't know here. I would like to be able to play dvd's as well as see hidef signals with a cable feed as well. Again, this is definitely my weak spot so help and req's are needed. I don't need the highest end as I never like buying cutting edge technology because of the price.
Any comments or help would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
wasser :T
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