Post Your HTPC

[dicecca112]

I'll start this and make it a sticky if enough people post. Please keep the chat to a Minimum

Please Post

1. Picture(s)
2. Specs
3. Uses
4. Remote
5. Special Notes

Have Fun Guys!

[Illuminati]

I'm in...



Specs
Antec Veris Fusion Black case (IR sensor built into LCD display)
ASUS P5KPL-CM G31 mATX motherboard
Intel Core2Duo E6400 CPU
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT video card
LG GGC-H20L Blue-Ray/HD-DVD ROM & DVD burner
2 x 250GB Western Digital Caviar SATA HDDs
KWorld ATSC-110 PCI HD Tuner Card
Windows Vista Ultimate

Uses
Watch Local HD stations
Play MP3s
Watch Blue-Ray's

Remote
Logitech Harmony 670

Notes
Still need to get Arcsoft's Blue-Ray player software that has Windows Media Center integration so I can use the full features of the remote when watching DVDs.

[Bwall]

Pictures will be added eventually...

Specs
Thermaltake LanBoxLite (will be replaced eventually)
ASUS P5KPL-CM
Intel E6700
ATI AIW HD
Plextor SATA DVD-RW
WD 3200AAJS 320GB & Seagate 1.5TB
Hauppauge Win TVR 1600 PCI

Uses
DVR Charter Cable
Watch and record local HD stations
MP3
DVD playback
Blu-Ray playback with Arcsoft Total Media Theater

Remote
Keyspan ER-V2 VMC RF remote

Notes
I see that Illuminati was planning to use TMT also. In case anyone is looking I've found the combination of My Movies along with TMT is great for playing BR rips from the hard drive via Vista Media Center. It's nice having only to use the remote!
I will likely be upgrading the CPU soon to a slightly higher clocked 45nm for power savings. Probably going to swap the 320GB out for something faster and quieter like a WD6400AAKS.

[Illuminati]

Anyone else have an HTPC out there?? I'd like to see some other builds!

[dicecca112]

Figure since I started the thread I probably should post. Some components have been updated, so don't get confused by the pics

1. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v654/dicecca112/HTPC/
2.
AMD Phenom 9350e
4GB DDR2
3X 1TB 7200 HDs (Music and Movies)
Raid 1 2X 30GB OCZ Core V2 SSD (OS)
Palit 9800GTX
OCZ ModStream 700W PSU
Lian Li HTPC Case
Areca Hardware Raid Controller
Sony BD-ROM Drive
HT Omega Striker 7.1 Sound Card
Sony HDMI Reciever

3. Houses all my DVDs and Music
4. Logitech Harmony One Remote
5. Uses MediaPortal w/ Vista connected to Reciever via HDMI for video and SPDIF for Sound all connected to 32" Samsung LCD TV upconverted with Nvidia's GPU Codec

[Jakey The Avatar]

1. I don't have access to a camera at the moment... there are some pics in my build thread here...

2. Athlon 64 X2 4600
Asus M3A78-EM
Asus DVD-RW drive
2GB OCZ RAM
250 GB HD
Saphire Radeon HD 4550
IN WIN Slim MicroATX
Rosewill RNX-N1 - USB Wireless

3. Plays media from the network and DVDs.

4. LTS Remote Control with Receiver.

5. MediaPortal + Vista. Connected via S-Video to an old 27' TV, Optical SPDIF to receiver.

To do List:
TV Tuner
Gyration Remote
New TV & Receiver
Blu-Ray Drive

[camaroguy1998]

ASUS M2A-VM HDMI
AMD 5200 X2
4G Patriot Memory
320G Seagate
Palit GeForce 9600GT 1G Sonic(Thank You Palit & LR)
LG HD-DVD/BD/DVD-RW
Antec 480W NEO
BTC 9019 URF KeyBoard w/JoyStick Mouse
All That in an OrigenAE X-15e w/7” Touch Screen

TV- Samsung 50" Plasma
Audio- Sony HTiaB Opitical Connection

[Major_A]

Specs:
PC
Generic Black Case
C2D E6750
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
4GB DDR2 800
8800GTS 320MB
Hauppauge PVR-150 w/ remote
Lite-On 20X SATA DVD-RW
OCZ ModXStream 600W
250GB OS/Frontend/Music Drive
250GB Recording Drive
SageTV Media Center - been with them since SageTV was Fry Technologies

TV
Vizio 26" HDTV

Components
7 year old Kenwood 5.1 surround sound system I bought for my PS2. I don't think I've turned it on since my PS2 died some 6 years ago.

Uses:
To record TV so I don't have to pay $15 a month to Dish Network. Shuffle music, watch movies, show me the local weather for the next day at 2AM. It is NOT used to play games so the 8800GTS needs to go.

Remote:
Nothing special, the one that came with my Hauppauge PVR.
http://techgage.com/reviews/hauppauge/w ... _thumb.jpg

Special Notes:
I want to purchase an ATi card with a built-in HDMI port. With that purchase would next come a Blu-Ray drive. Other than that bring on the HD signal. I first built a HTPC several years ago and now I am so jaded that I can no longer watch live TV.

[Digerati]

Does a WD TV qualify?

[mr_noname111]

Does a WD TV qualify?

You wish!

The specs of my HTPC are in my sig; does everything I want it to do, but was a bit disappointed at the dismal gaming performance.. Couldn't even run warcraft 3 at 1280x760! Probably should have bought a board with GDDR3 integrated on the mobo.

[Camride]

I'll post pics soon, but they won't be pretty. It's a work in progress, since it's basically my old system that I'm converting to a HTPC. Still need to get a new case and a BR drive. Specs:

C2D E6600 ES (Xigmatek S1283)
8GB Mushkin DDR2 800
DFI BloodIron P35
EVGA 8800GT 512mb SuperClock
AverMedia AverTv G2
2 x 250GB Seagate HD in RAID 0
Rosewill wireless keyboard/mouse
Rosewill wireless N
Antec Sonata case
Enermax 400W PSU

I'll probably keep the E6600 OC around 3.4Ghz as that doesn't require additional voltage. The key will be (obviously) keeping the noise down without getting too much heat. I'll have to see how it sounds with just the cpu fan in there and how hot is gets to see if it needs a case fan or not. The PSU is pretty quiet, so hopefully that will be enough cooling. It's not fully together yet, still waiting on the tuner to get here from the 'egg. I'll get some pics up once it's finished.

[smack323]

pics to follow:
EVGA 512-P3-N879-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz -
ZOTAC NF610I-E-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
nMEDIAPC Black HTPC 5000B Micro ATX Media Center
windows XP

Main use is i have riped most of my DVD's to the HD and all my music. I also game on it.

Future upgrades
ATI 5750 - video card (ordered)
add another 2gb RAM
windows 7 (I have need to upgrade)

I have another 1TB HD I need to add as the one in it has about 100gb left on it. . I am debating if I want to add the HD to this system or take the 1TB that is currently in it out and replace it with a 200GB HD for OS and Games Then set up a server (I have the parts need to build it) with all my data on it. I have an external HD that i back up all my music on. The moves are easily replaced if anything happens.