My HTPC config - Your Suggestions

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Hi everybody, here goes the config for my HTPC. waitin for all your comments n suggestions
My usage would be Gaming ,Movies,Music (not necessarily in that order

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Proccy:C2D E6600 2.4Ghz
M/B :Asus P5B Deluxe
RAM :2 X 1 GB Kingston@677 Mhz
Gfx :XFX 7300 GS (A stopgap till a DX10 gets within range
Cabby :Zebronics Peace
SMPS

OwerSafe 500W
HDD :Seagate 300GB (SATA 2)
Disply:Samsung 19"940BW Vs Viewsonic 20" VG2030wm(Still pending decision )
DVDRW : Liteon 20x
AUDIO : Creative 7.1
K/B : any multimedia k/b
Mouse :MS Optical

What do you guys think ?? Any suggestions or recommedations ??

If you are building HTPC then do't go for E6600 and P5B. Go for AMD proc+Mobo
They are cheap and best for this purpose and spend the money saved on good speaker system and a sound card. Do't go for 7.1 speaker system as a 5.1 system will be suffient.
My choice for 5.1 speakers is Logitech X-530 (around 6000/-) or Z-5300(around 10000/-).
And for sound card go for Creative X-Fi xtreme music ( may be around 8000/-) otherwise onboard card is good.

Proccy : AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+
M/B : Asus M2N-E
RAM : 2*1 GB Kingston DDR2-677 Mhz
Gfx : XFX 8600GT 256 MB
Cabby : Zebronics Peace
SMPS : PowerSafe 500W
HDD : Seagate 2*160GB (SATA 2) in RAID 0
Disply : Samsung 19" WS 940BW
DVDRW : Liteon 20x
AUDIO : Creative Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4
K/B + Mouse : Any wireless combo

Well , for a HTPC , the Audigy 4 is good enough comparing the price .. almost 3k's less ... Audigy 2 ZS is even slightly cheaper ..

Also , a wireless combo is a must for any HTPC ..

The reason i recommended an AMD pc , coz for an HTPC u'd definitely wanna focus slightly more on power consumption , and a cooler PC ..

even id say amd but i would suggest athlon 64 x2 5000+ cuz its 65nm

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Just Purchased today system from
Synergy System at Dimapur, Nagaland.
E4300 - 5500
p5ld2vm se - 4250
kingston 1 GB DDR2-667 - 2000
seagate 160 gb - 2700
cabinet extreme - 900
Powersafe SMPS 400 W - 1500
Samsung 17" CRT S794 - 4800
Powersafe UPS 600 W - 2000
Canon PIXMA MP 160 - 4300
Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 - 840
Canon S3 1s Digicam - 22800
Creative SBS A30 Spkr - 400
For info and reaction from the forum.

P5LD2-VM SE is slowly running out of stock with distributors and asus is told
to have stopped manufacturing it. Replacement choice being given is P5L-MX based too in 945G chipset. Do anybody know present prevailing price of same

am2 x2 vs c2d

1. gaming depends better on gpu
2. hd movies better on hardware decode acc. by gpu
3.music better on add on sound card & speaker set

so you have your answer

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yup , i would have gone for AMD if it was a pure HTPC , but since its also a gaming rig ,went for a faster C2D config.Also the price diff is only for m/b .
proccy almost cost the same after price cuts by intel.

will go for a Audigy 2 ZS later
and waitin for an affordable DX10 card ..with lots of DDR3 memory

@deathvirus_me
i see u have a similar config,how hot or cool

is your rig ?

blacklight said:
@deathvirus_me
i see u have a similar config,how hot or cool is your rig ?

here u go : *www.techenclave.com/forums/rig/viewgallery-265.html

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thanks guys , alsmost finalized ,just not too sure about the speakers ,
should i go for a Logitech X-530 or a Creative 7.1 T7700 ??

buy C2D only if u wanna OC,else go for X2.