Topic: HTPC Gallery

[nerveblocker]

Started this thread so you can showcase your HTPCs....(include specs if you can)

Here's mine:



Main HTPC


Specifications:

Motherboard: ASUS
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.7GHz
Memory: Kingston 4GB DDR3
Graphics: ATI HD5550
HDD: 500GB Samsung
Optical Drive: Lite On BD ROM






Bedroom HTPC

Specifications:

Motherboard: Asrock E-350M1 w/ AMD Dual-Core Processor E350/E350D
Memory: Emaxx 4GB DDR3
Graphics: Sapphire ATI HD6450
HDD: 500GB WD Scorpio Blue
Optical Drive: MSI BD ROM

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

Started this thread so you can showcase your HTPCs....(include specs if you can)

Here's mine:



Main HTPC


Specifications:

Motherboard: ASUS
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.7GHz
Memory: Kingston 4GB DDR3
Graphics: ATI HD5550
HDD: 500GB Samsung
Optical Drive: Lite On BD ROM






Bedroom HTPC

Specifications:

Motherboard: Asrock E-350M1 w/ AMD Dual-Core Processor E350/E350D
Memory: Emaxx 4GB DDR3
Graphics: Sapphire ATI HD6450
HDD: 500GB WD Scorpio Blue
Optical Drive: MSI BD ROM

Doc lagyan mo na ng HDD hot swap device yang HTPC mo..

[toys4geeks]

Doc lagyan mo na ng HDD hot swap device yang HTPC mo..

when you do, dont make the mistake of going Orico, i have 3 at the office each with a broken lever, and another dead disk chassis backplane

[raptor]

Here's mine -

• PC: Intel Core i7 3770k CPU, 8GB RAM, Asus Maximus V Formula Motherboard, 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, 7TB of HDD storage, Corsair H620 PSU, Corsair H60 CPU Liquid Cooling, and Corsair Carbide 550R White casing

• Display: Samsung 23-inch LED Monitor

• Peripherals: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, Razer Abyssus Mirror Mouse, Razer Goliathus Mouse Mat, and Logitech QuickCam Pro5000

• DAC: Asus Supreme FX IV – built-in on motherboard but on isolated circuit

• AMP: Dayton DTA-100a T-amp

• Speakers: Dali Zensor 1

I'm using a standard PC case as it is place on a pedestal below the table - I used to have those shoe box type small form factor casing when I had my HTPC on my main AV setup.  This is for my bedroom setup.  Also using XBMC for my player, but not tweaked - would love to copy xrampage and nerveblocker's tweaks, pero kung pwede lang i-copy as in plug and play, if i need to do the manual tweak, no time for it  

Future plan is to replace the monitor with a 27-inch 3D panel - this is probably the biggest size that I'll get as I'm also using this frequently for browsing, and bigger size could be an eye strain if I'm too close to the monitor.

[nerveblocker]

Doc lagyan mo na ng HDD hot swap device yang HTPC mo..

Bro these are small form factor casings.  It can only accomodate 2HDDs or 1HDD + 1 optical drive.  Siguro kung mga tower casings pwede pa.

[raider125jeigh]

Bro these are small form factor casings.  It can only accomodate 2HDDs or 1HDD + 1 optical drive.  Siguro kung mga tower casings pwede pa.

kapag tatangalin ung optical drive pwede na yan...














Raptor......ganda ng HTPC mo hehe...
post ko HTPC ko later....ayusin ko lang...hihihi

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

when you do, dont make the mistake of going Orico, i have 3 at the office each with a broken lever, and another dead disk chassis backplane

Okay naman ung sa akin dati na binili ko tapos nabenta ko pa. Basta dahan dahan lang ang pag hila kasi talagang masisira siya pag bigla mo na tatanggalin saka may power ON and OFF na yung bago nila now. Yan lang kasi pinaka mura now for mahal nung thermaltake 2100.. 

kapag tatangalin ung optical drive pwede na yan...
Raptor......ganda ng HTPC mo hehe...
post ko HTPC ko later....ayusin ko lang...hihihi

Naligaw ka? 

@doc mel sa slot ng 5.25 ang lagayan ng hot swap standard lang.. 

Ang aking munting HTPC..









Specification
Processor: AMD A10 5700
Video Card: AMD HD7670D
Memory: Gskill 2x4GB
HDD: 1TB Green(OS) will be replace soon by SSD, 1x2TB WD Green and 3x2TB Samsung and 3x3TB WD Green.
PSU: Seasonic 529 Watts
Case: Silverstone GD07 HTPC case with 2x5.25 bay and 5x3.5 HDD slot
Accessories: Orico 1x5.25 HDD bay Hot Swap and 4x 120mm Fan

Wish list
3x5.25 Hot Swap, 3x120mm silent Fan and more 3TB HDD upgrade.

[raider125jeigh]

pwede ako maligaw dito may htpc ako haha

Elmira...
pahiram ako ng hotswap...tingnan ko kung uubra....

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

pwede ako maligaw dito may htpc ako haha

Elmira...
pahiram ako ng hotswap...tingnan ko kung uubra....

Hindi uubra sa NMT yung hot swap... hahahaha...

Maligaw eh pure HTPC fan bois ang nandito bawal ang salawahan NMT and HTPC... 

[raider125jeigh]

Hindi uubra sa NMT yung hot swap... hahahaha...

Maligaw eh pure HTPC fan bois ang nandito bawal ang salawahan NMT and HTPC... 

andito sa thread si raptor...kaya hindi puro htpc ang tao dito ....
pahinge daw sya ng kopya ng xmbc na configured na to do everything....
wala bang silver na hotswappable? silver ung case ko eh..

[Clondalkin]

Mawalang galang dahil naliligaw ako, pero Sisiw lang ang hot-swapping sa NMTs na nasubok ko.  Ang dali lang ng safe eject ei.  Ok you may repeat your need for Full 3DBD Menu again.   

Hindi uubra sa NMT yung hot swap... hahahaha...

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

andito sa thread si raptor...kaya hindi puro htpc ang tao dito ....
pahinge daw sya ng kopya ng xmbc na configured na to do everything....
wala bang silver na hotswappable? silver ung case ko eh..

Eh kaw gusto ko tirahin nandamay ka pa.. hahaha 

May di kaya ang XMBC maging NMT hahaha 

Problema mo kulay di pinturahan mo ng silver... 

black lang color niyan...

Mawalang galang dahil naliligaw ako, pero Sisiw lang ang hot-swapping sa NMTs na nasubok ko.  Ang dali lang ng safe eject ei.

Ang tinutukoy ko po ung ask ni derick na hot swap na pang HTPC na pang 5.25 bay alam ko po ung sa NMT na built IN kasi naka gamit na po ako ng NMT.

[joko11]

Here's mine -

• PC: Intel Core i7 3770k CPU, 8GB RAM, Asus Maximus V Formula Motherboard, 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, 7TB of HDD storage, Corsair H620 PSU, Corsair H60 CPU Liquid Cooling, and Corsair Carbide 550R White casing

• Display: Samsung 23-inch LED Monitor

• Peripherals: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, Razer Abyssus Mirror Mouse, Razer Goliathus Mouse Mat, and Logitech QuickCam Pro5000

• DAC: Asus Supreme FX IV – built-in on motherboard but on isolated circuit

• AMP: Dayton DTA-100a T-amp

• Speakers: Dali Zensor 1

I'm using a standard PC case as it is place on a pedestal below the table - I used to have those shoe box type small form factor casing when I had my HTPC on my main AV setup.  This is for my bedroom setup.  Also using XBMC for my player, but not tweaked - would love to copy xrampage and nerveblocker's tweaks, pero kung pwede lang i-copy as in plug and play, if i need to do the manual tweak, no time for it  

Future plan is to replace the monitor with a 27-inch 3D panel - this is probably the biggest size that I'll get as I'm also using this frequently for browsing, and bigger size could be an eye strain if I'm too close to the monitor.

htpc pa ba to? halimaw na specs mo.. no wonder why nmt prefered mo

[Clondalkin]

Kung meron USB na hot-swap bay na pang HTPC, that should work on an NMT.  Kung meron.  But I suppose that is SATA? 

Anyways, no big deal. hehehe. 
 

Ang tinutukoy ko po ung ask ni derick na hot swap na pang HTPC na pang 5.25 bay alam ko po ung sa NMT na built IN kasi naka gamit na po ako ng NMT.

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

Kung meron USB na hot-swap bay na pang HTPC, that should work on an NMT.  Kung meron.  But I suppose that is SATA? 

Anyways, no big deal. hehehe. 
 

Yung pong sinasabi ko na Hot Swap is like the server type na Hot swap even wala eject you can remove and swap the HDD even your HTPC is ON basta wala actvity yung HDD.

htpc pa ba to? halimaw na specs mo.. no wonder why nmt prefered mo

Gaming Rig din yata yan at the same time. 

[raider125jeigh]

htpc pa ba to? halimaw na specs mo.. no wonder why nmt prefered mo

convenience sistah


jokla - post mo nga ung htpc mo?

maya post ako ng aken paguwi ko hehe..
meron akong style sa hotswappable...haha

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

convenience sistah


jokla - post mo nga ung htpc mo?

maya post ako ng aken paguwi ko hehe..
meron akong style sa hotswappable...haha

Hahaha hindi naman hot swap ung sa iyo patay tapos swap..

[nerveblocker]

San ba nabibili ang hot swappable na yan? 



Ang higante naman nyan.  Baka may poweramp ng kasama yan ah. Malamang yan ang una mong sasagipin pag nagbaha. Haha!

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

San ba nabibili ang hot swappable na yan? 



Ang higante naman nyan.  Baka may poweramp ng kasama yan ah. Malamang yan ang una mong sasagipin pag nagbaha. Haha!

Sa TPC lang brader kung madami sata port ang HTPC mo puwede ka bili hot swap na pang 3.5 and 2.5 tapos yung 2.5 dun mo lagay ung SSD na pang OS mo. So pag gamit mo sa OS mo now is 3.5 mafree up na un so additional na 3.5 slot for your HTPC. 

Haha malaki talaga yung HTPC Ko kaya ang 10 3.5 HDD tapos additional an 3x2.5 HDD hot swap. Server type HTPC hahaha..

Thermaltake Max 5 Duo SATA HDD Rack USB3.0 @2100


http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=23192006

[nerveblocker]

Here is my old HTPC w/ remote...pinilit ako ng friend ko ibenta sa kanya nung nakita nya ang XBMC 



Specs:
MoBo: EMAXX EMX-ANF82HD-PRO
RAM: Geil 1GB x 2 DDR2
HDD: Samsung 320GB HDD
Casing: Astone Flex casing w/ power supply
Processor: AMD X2 5000
Optical Drive: Lite-on DVDRW

[raptor]

Gaming Rig din yata yan at the same time. 

no, talagang 70% music and movies, then browsing, skype. and torrent ... i'm over being a gamer, use to be addicted on warcraft pero sawa na ngayon - sa tablet na lang ako nag-ge-games ... main hobby ko lang talaga is being a PC enthusiast kaya upgrade ng upgrade ... mahilig din sa kalikot and tweak, but more on hardware and overclocking - can't find time on tweaking the xbmc, basta pag double click ko sa file play na kaagad movie ok na ako

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

no, talagang 70% music and movies, then browsing, skype. and torrent ... i'm over being a gamer, use to be addicted on warcraft pero sawa na ngayon - sa tablet na lang ako nag-ge-games ... main hobby ko lang talaga is being a PC enthusiast kaya upgrade ng upgrade ... mahilig din sa kalikot and tweak, but more on hardware and overclocking - can't find time on tweaking the xbmc, basta pag double click ko sa file play na kaagad movie ok na ako

Mas maganda pag na tweak yang xmbc using external players like splash pro, PowerDVD. TMT and other player.

[iconlord]

Mas maganda pag na tweak yang xmbc using external players like splash pro, PowerDVD. TMT and other player.

hi sir,  baka po pwede nyo share dito yun tweeking techniques nyo sa xmbc... or kung may link kayo para backread ko na lang... sana may copy na si derick nun tweaked xmbc mo para hingi na lang ako sa kanya hehehe, bihira na ako mag tpc dahil dito na ako madalas sa pdvd mag basa mode

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

hi sir,  baka po pwede nyo share dito yun tweeking techniques nyo sa xmbc... or kung may link kayo para backread ko na lang... sana may copy na si derick nun tweaked xmbc mo para hingi na lang ako sa kanya hehehe, bihira na ako mag tpc dahil dito na ako madalas sa pdvd mag basa mode

Sige bro ill post when i have time pero alam ko meron na dun sa my isang HTPC thread. I'm reading about reclock tweaking for my HTPC. reclock can be incorporated with powerdvd and TMT. 

[nerveblocker]

Using SplashProEx as external player

<playercorefactory>
 <players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
     <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
     <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
     <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
     <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
     <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
 </players>
 <rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
 </rules>
</playercorefactory>

Replace playercorefactory.xml with the script above. Location: C: Program Files>>XBMC>>System>>playercorefactory.xml

Playing BDs or BD ISOs using PowerDVD as external player:

I was able to play BD ISOs in XBMC using PowerDVD10 as my external player. Here are the instructions if anybody is interested:

I try to give you a more detailled description of what you have to do, to play Blu-ray discs and iso-files using PowerDVD:

1. Create a new folder on drive C:, name it 'For_XBMC', DON'T use whitespaces, use underlines instead!
You should now have a folder 'C:\For_XBMC'.

2. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create a batch file, that will be used to play Blu-ray discs using Power DVD. It should only contain this single line:

"C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PowerDVD10.exe" /fullscreen e:

If the drive letter of your Blu-ray disc drive is not 'E:' and/or PowerDVD was installed into another directory, change the line above accordingly. Be sure to enclose the path in double quotes. Save the file into the previously created folder, name it 'PlayBD.bat'.
You should now have a file 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat'.

3. Insert a Blue-ray or DVD into your optical drive, wait a few moments, if PowerDVD starts via windows autoplay, quit PowerDVD. Now double click the previously created PlayBD.bat. PowerDVD should start now, playing the BD/DVD. If yes, proceed to the next step, otherwise double check the path and driveletter in 'PlayBD.bat'.

4. Check which drive letter is assigned to Virtual CloneDrive. (You can do this by double clicking an *.iso-file in the Windows-Explorer.)

5. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create another batch file, that will be used to play Blu-ray iso-files using Power DVD. It should contain these three lines:

"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PowerDVD10.exe" /fullscreen f:
"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 /u

If the drive letter of Virtual CloneDrive is not 'F:' and/or PowerDVD was installed into another directory, change line 2 accordingly. If VirtualCloneDrive was installed into another directory, change the pathes in lines 1 and 3 accordingly. Be sure to enclose all pathes in double quotes.
Save the file into the previously created folder, name it 'PlayBDiso.bat'.
You should now have two files: 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat' and 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBDiso.bat'.

6. For testing purposes, reopen PlayBDiso.bat and replace the %1 (at the end of the first line) with the path to one of your Blu-ray iso-files, e. g. "C:\Movies\The Lord Of The Ring.iso".
Now the first line of PlayBDiso.bat should look similiar to

"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 "C:\Movies\The Lord Of The Ring.iso"

Leave lines 2 and 3 unchanged. Save the file into 'C:\For_XBMC\', name it 'Test.bat'. Double click 'Test.bat', the iso-file should now play in PowerDVD. If yes, congratulations, halfway there . If no, double check all pathes and the use of double quotes.

7. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create or modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in the userdata directory.
IMPORTANT!!! DONT'T modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in the XBMC program directory (e. g. 'C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\playercorefactory.xml')!!!
You MUST create/modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in your userdata directory (running Windows 7, this is 'C:\Users\<YOUR_USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\use rdata'), with <YOUR_USERNAME> being your user name
It should contain these lines:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD.iso)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBDiso.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!-- Blu-rays -->
<rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PowerDVD (BD)"/>
<rule filetypes="iso" filename=".*BD.*" player="PowerDVD (BD.iso)"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Save it in the userdata directory (see above), name it 'playercorefactory.xml'.

8. For testing purposes, open 'playercorefactory.xml' with InternetExplorer. It should open in IE with syntax highlighting, without any error messages.

9. Rename your Blu-ray iso-files using the naming scheme <NAME_OF_THE_MOVIE>.BD.iso, e. g. 'The Lord Of The Ring.BD.iso'

10. Run XBMC, Blu-ray disc and iso-files should now automatically be played using PowerDVD. Additionally the 'pay with...' context menu should now contain the menu items 'PowerDVD (BD)' and 'PowerDVD (BD.iso)' which you can use to manually play an optical disc or iso-file using PowerDVD.

I hope this could help someone.

[iconlord]

Using SplashProEx as external player

Replace playercorefactory.xml with the script above. Location: C: Program Files>>XBMC>>System>>playercorefactory.xml

Playing BDs or BD ISOs using PowerDVD as external player:

maraming salamat

[nerveblocker]

Complete script using
1.SplashPROEx for avi, mkv
2.PowerDVD for BDISO and BDs

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
     <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
     <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
     <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
     <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
     <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD.iso)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBDiso.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!-- Blu-rays -->
<rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PowerDVD (BD)"/>
<rule filetypes="iso" filename=".*BD.*" player="PowerDVD (BD.iso)"/>
<rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
<rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

[≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦]

May nakita ako na HTPC case ang cute... 

[raptor]

one thing that is very important on HTPC that i have implemented on my PC is the sound level that the fans and other moving parts produce ... it is recommended to invest on silent fans and good cooling solution ... i have replaced all the fans with large silent fans and used a liquid cooling solution on my CPU, and also chose a more modest mid-range GPU - the result is that you can hardly hear anything when you turn on the PC ... it has a switch on the casing to turn of all lights while operating, at this mode it's like the PC is really turned-off while the CPU temp is kept below 40 degrees

[Clondalkin]

Old school

22-inch Aperture Grille CRT + 32-inch Super-Fine Pitch HD-CRT TV (720p)