Author Topic: Share your HTPC set-up Part2 (Read 302628 times)

ninjababez® · « **Reply #30 on:** Nov 05, 2008 at 12:49 PM »

Quote from: gunblade977 on Nov 05, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Thanks.
For less bulky looking casing, you may want to look at diva casings

im selling mine, again...hahaha

SiCkBoY · « **Reply #31 on:** Nov 09, 2008 at 06:00 AM »

Bro, you're selling your Diva case?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #32 on:** Nov 09, 2008 at 06:13 AM »

Quote from: SiCkBoY on Nov 09, 2008 at 06:00 AM

Bro, you're selling your Diva case?

yup, prolly after i setup my fake wall ..

SiCkBoY · « **Reply #33 on:** Nov 09, 2008 at 06:49 AM »

Let me know ah.

praktikal · « **Reply #34 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 02:19 PM »

sinu-sino na ba ang mga naka HTPC dito?

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milken · « **Reply #35 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 03:04 PM »

My HTPC Specs:
Intel C2D E4300
Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard
Transcend 2x1GB 800Mhz RAM
Palit 8500GT Sonic
Samsung 160GB HDD
Seagate 8GB HDD
Seagate 320GB HDD
WD MyBook 500GB
LG DVD-RW 18x SATA
HEC 550W power supply
Duke Duo 9A casing
Logitech keyboard and mouse
A4Tech video cam
Linksys WRT54G2 router
DTech TV Tuner

Here are some pictures:
http://pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=86042.0

Clondalkin · « **Reply #36 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 06:10 PM »

Ano ba ang accurate definition ng HTPC? What I have is a PC that plays all sorts of media, but it definitely looks like a normal desktop.

milken · « **Reply #37 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 07:26 PM »

Definition of Home Theater PC in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTPC

Clondalkin · « **Reply #38 on:** Nov 13, 2008 at 09:50 AM »

Quote from: milken on Nov 12, 2008 at 07:26 PM

Definition of Home Theater PC in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTPC

HTPC Characteristics

TV Connectivity - Pass

Minimal Noise Level - Highly questionable with 5 fans running inside the desktop case alone, and external drives with their own cooling fans, no noise dampener of any sort - But I dont hear them when watching something

High Storage Capacity - Pass but you'll never have enough of memory space

TV Tuner Card - Pass but useless because Im already connected to a TV anyway

Remote - Dont have (Fail)

Rak-Rak · « **Reply #39 on:** Nov 19, 2008 at 07:40 AM »

Heres my setup

Display: Acer 241 24 inch 1900 x 1200
Proc: Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz Quadcore
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
Vidcard: Ati 3450
HD (internal): 1 TB, 320Gb, 160Gb,160Gb
HD (external): 1 Tb WD, 500 Gb WD, 120Gb
PSU: HEC 455 watts
Spkr: Altec Lansing 2.1
Editing card: Canopus Raptor

aside from watching 1080p/720p High Def mkv movies, this setup doubles up an editing workstation (occationally)

stick · « **Reply #40 on:** Dec 03, 2008 at 01:09 PM »

My Setup:

Display: Samsung 22" LA22A450 (1680 x 1050) LCD TV HD Ready (720p/1080i accepts 1080p)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 2.6GHz(65W)
MB: ECS A780GM-A
Video: On-board ATI HD3200
Mem: 2 x 1Gb Kingston DDR2 400MHz (1 Gb shared for video)
HDD: Seagate 160Gb internal / Fugitsu 40Gb external 2.5"
Drive: LiteOn 20x DH-20A4P IDE dvdrw IDE
PSU: Generic
Case: Orient Slim 27 Red
Spkr: Altec Lansing CS21 Concert Series (2.1)

Display connected via HDMI,
Audio 1: via HDMI (PC stuff and gaming)
Audio 2: thru Spkr, Altec Lansing active sub is truly awesome overall 112dB SPL (145dB SPL for sub)

Next target in order:
1. Bluetooth dongle for Remote control, I will be using my SE phone for this.
2. HEC PSU
3. 1 TB HDD
4. Internal Card Reader
5. Full HD LCD TV 32" or 40" (maybe december 09 pa ito

)

raptor · « **Reply #41 on:** Dec 04, 2008 at 05:54 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 01, 2008 at 05:41 AM

Sige umpisahan ko na.....

Specs:

ASUS M3N78-VM w/ HDMI
Athlon X2 5000
Creative Audigy Value Soundcard
Kingston 2GB DDR2 800
ASUS DVD Writer
Seagate 160GB Internal HDD
Seagate 500GB External HDD
WD Essentials 1 Terabyte External HDD
I-cute QS02 casing
Multi-card reader
500 watts powersupply

Sir,

I'm interested with the HTPC casing that you used ... what brand and model is it? how much? is it available locally?

Sorry, daming tanong ... yung mga target HTPC casing ko kasi puro mahal masyado and limited and internal storage capability

praktikal · « **Reply #42 on:** Dec 04, 2008 at 07:55 PM »

that's I-cute QS02 casing around 2k lang.

raptor · « **Reply #43 on:** Dec 04, 2008 at 09:58 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Nov 13, 2008 at 09:50 AM

HTPC Characteristics

TV Connectivity - Pass

Minimal Noise Level - Highly questionable with 5 fans running inside the desktop case alone, and external drives with their own cooling fans, no noise dampener of any sort - But I dont hear them when watching something

High Storage Capacity - Pass but you'll never have enough of memory space

TV Tuner Card - Pass but useless because Im already connected to a TV anyway

Remote - Dont have (Fail)

Pass lahat dito ang PC ko, but same as Sir Clondalkin, I do not consider it as an HTPC .... it's still an all-rounder desktop PC ... for me, my definition of an HTPC besides what is mentioned above, is that it is dedicated for multi-media player function and seats on the AV rack with my AVR, DVD player, NMT, etc.

If my definition of an HTPC fits your requirements, I would say that you do not really need a powerful processor ... what is required is graphics card or integrated graphics processor that has hardware-based graphics acceleration for HD contents - AMD 780G chip-based MoBo would serve this purpose well, complement this with a single-core AMD LE1640 CPU and you'll have an energy efficient and silent system (since you do not need a lot of fans to cool the system and a relatively cheap to assemble system ... medyo kailangan lang lakihan ng konti ang memory since the integrated graphics controller would utilize a chunk of the main memory...with this configuration, it will play all the 1080p contents that you have without choking.

By the way, my consideration on the above configuration is that you have a separate powerful PC that you would use for encoding and other serious stuff (like 3D gaming...hehe) .... the above configuration of HTPC would only be used as media center and also for torrent downloads, since it consumes less electricity and quite cheap - casing lang magpapamahal dyan kung magandang klaseng casing ang bibilhin mo.

My consideration on the ab

seanski · « **Reply #44 on:** Dec 16, 2008 at 02:32 PM »

Here's my Setup. I'm currently planning to upgrade pero wala pa moolah.

My PC - total cost is around PHP 32k.
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Memory - 1.5 GB
Hard Disk - 80 GB Internal
Lite-On - DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW
Video card - Inno3D 7600GST 256MB 128-bit

My video
E-Machines 17" CRT Monitor via VGA - bundled with the CPU
Panasonic 32LX77m connected via HDMI - around PHP 33K

My Speakers
Ordinary headphones - bundled with the CPU
Altec Lansing MX5021 (2.1 lang) - PHP 10,500.00

Thank you.

JT · « **Reply #45 on:** Dec 18, 2008 at 03:45 PM »

I bought HP Pavilion Slimline PC S3385d since I dont have time to setup HTPC. It works fine so far as MKV player. Specs below:

Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Basic
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E4600
2.4GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
1024MB DDR2 RAM
Integrated Intel High Definition Audio 5.1 Surround Sound Ready
250GB HDD
nVidia GeForce 8400GS 3D PCI-Express Graphics card
Video Memory: 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphics memory with HDMI, DVI and TV-out capability.
**Up to 1023MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista™
SuperMulti SATA Drive with Lightscribe Technology, Double Layer (8.5GB)
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
Integrated 10/100 BaseT network interface (Broadband Ready)
15-in-1 Digital Media Reader
4 USB 2.0, 2 PS/2, Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, LAN, S-Video-Out

doughn · « **Reply #46 on:** Dec 18, 2008 at 07:30 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 01, 2008 at 05:41 AM

Sige umpisahan ko na.....

Specs:

ASUS M3N78-VM w/ HDMI
Athlon X2 5000
Creative Audigy Value Soundcard
Kingston 2GB DDR2 800
ASUS DVD Writer
Seagate 160GB Internal HDD
Seagate 500GB External HDD
WD Essentials 1 Terabyte External HDD
I-cute QS02 casing
Multi-card reader
500 watts powersupply

where did u bought your unit? what store and price? TIA

i will only use it to play MKV 1080p files and internet

nerveblocker · « **Reply #47 on:** Dec 19, 2008 at 06:08 AM »

Quote from: doughn on Dec 18, 2008 at 07:30 PM

where did u bought your unit? what store and price? TIA

i will only use it to play MKV 1080p files and internet

Bro, got the casing from a seller in TPC. Other parts from Questlogic, BF Paranaque.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #48 on:** Dec 19, 2008 at 06:26 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Dec 19, 2008 at 06:08 AM

Bro, got the casing from a seller in TPC. Other parts from Questlogic, BF Paranaque.

doc .. im planning to replace my htpc case .. just got a luna B rack from jeff and was able to paint it black, so no size constraint na sa casing ..

im choosing between yours and the cheaper s3 casing

ninjababez® · « **Reply #49 on:** Dec 19, 2008 at 06:28 AM »

Quote from: SiCkBoY on Nov 09, 2008 at 06:00 AM

Bro, you're selling your Diva case?

Quote from: ninjababez on Nov 09, 2008 at 06:13 AM

yup, prolly after i setup my fake wall ..

SiCkBoY i was able to setup my fake wall already .. click your highlighted name for more details ..

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #50 on:** Dec 24, 2008 at 02:45 PM »

Lots of new PC casings available at Gilmore. Micro-ATX's mostly with remotes. Small footprint and looks nice with LED displays, volume knobs and such.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #51 on:** Dec 24, 2008 at 10:03 PM »

just got this!

lapad!!

milken · « **Reply #52 on:** Dec 24, 2008 at 10:57 PM »

congrats ninjababez! ganda nyan antec.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #53 on:** Dec 24, 2008 at 11:04 PM »

Quote from: milken on Dec 24, 2008 at 10:57 PM

congrats ninjababez! ganda nyan antec.

thanks bro .. ^_^
got it for 2.5k, used ..

(without the PSU though )

JT · « **Reply #54 on:** Dec 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM »

Is this Acer Aspire specs ok as HTPC: AMD Athlon 64 x 2, 1GB DDR2 memory, 160GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 8200
with HDMI.

HD_MOVIES · « **Reply #55 on:** Dec 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 24, 2008 at 11:04 PM

thanks bro .. ^_^
got it for 2.5k, used .. (without the PSU though )

good buy!! inggit ako.. hehe
baka magsawa ka agad, PM mo lang ako.. hehe

Alfie · « **Reply #56 on:** Dec 30, 2008 at 01:50 PM »

Quote from: JT on Dec 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM

Is this Acer Aspire specs ok as HTPC: AMD Athlon 64 x 2, 1GB DDR2 memory, 160GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 8200
with HDMI.

Hi JT- yup yup, can play up to 720p w/o hiccups, but with 3g RAM with 500G HDD mod and 8400GS upgrade and hybrid sli, it was also able to act as a gaming pc, and play 1080P files.
Here's our thread,check it out:http://pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=86163.0

ninjababez® · « **Reply #57 on:** Dec 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM »

Quote from: HD_MOVIES on Dec 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM

good buy!! inggit ako.. hehe
baka magsawa ka agad, PM mo lang ako.. hehe

ill prolly sell this when the jay_26 sells his silverstone htpc case cheap ..

klpangan · « **Reply #58 on:** Dec 31, 2008 at 01:43 AM »

Guyz any pix on how you manage those pesky cables inside your htpc casing... own a i cute qs02 case but having a hard time dealing with the cables and stuff inside.. please help... i bought it today.. getting a little bit frustrated with it heheh... baka mauwi sa benta 2 pag nairita ako wahaha...

ninjababez® · « **Reply #59 on:** Dec 31, 2008 at 01:51 AM »

Quote from: klpangan on Dec 31, 2008 at 01:43 AM

Guyz any pix on how you manage those pesky cables inside your htpc casing... own a i cute qs02 case but having a hard time dealing with the cables and stuff inside.. please help... i bought it today.. getting a little bit frustrated with it heheh... baka mauwi sa benta 2 pag nairita ako wahaha...

check this thread from tpc Modified Wiring Harness For PC

sample: (circa 2007)