Hey guys,
I have a few comments and am also looking for some advice on a few things. I just purchased a 42" 1080p tv and am in the market for a HTPC. Thing is, I have a ton of spare parts but I'm not too sure if they are juicy enough to handle Blu Ray play back. Part of the reason I decided to build a new HTPC is the cost of blu ray players. I am dead set against the Insignia brand, with them being the lowest cost of around $180. After pricing blu ray discs, I was appalled. They are near twice as expensive as normal DVD's, but I guess you get what you pay for.
Some of the parts I have just sitting around the house are:
Athlon 2400+
Athlon M2500+ (Great overlocker to 3200+ and more speeds)
2gb of old ddr ram
3 or 4 80gb HDD's
an old ASUS A7N8X mobo
NV 6800gt vid card
Now I've checked the Cyberlink website as far as minimum CPU recommendations, but I can't seem to find anywhere where it takes into accounts the GPU as it offloads some of the decoding work to the GPU. The minimum they recommend is the 3800x2. I would really like to not have to purchase an entire new setup...
but I would just like to get some advice from someone with a HTPC.
I'm also looking at running UBUNTU with MYTHtv so I would be purchasing a tuner card, and I would like HD capability, so if I could get some recommends on that as well that would be great. Thx fellas!
I have a few comments and am also looking for some advice on a few things. I just purchased a 42" 1080p tv and am in the market for a HTPC. Thing is, I have a ton of spare parts but I'm not too sure if they are juicy enough to handle Blu Ray play back. Part of the reason I decided to build a new HTPC is the cost of blu ray players. I am dead set against the Insignia brand, with them being the lowest cost of around $180. After pricing blu ray discs, I was appalled. They are near twice as expensive as normal DVD's, but I guess you get what you pay for.
Some of the parts I have just sitting around the house are:
Athlon 2400+
Athlon M2500+ (Great overlocker to 3200+ and more speeds)
2gb of old ddr ram
3 or 4 80gb HDD's
an old ASUS A7N8X mobo
NV 6800gt vid card
Now I've checked the Cyberlink website as far as minimum CPU recommendations, but I can't seem to find anywhere where it takes into accounts the GPU as it offloads some of the decoding work to the GPU. The minimum they recommend is the 3800x2. I would really like to not have to purchase an entire new setup...
but I would just like to get some advice from someone with a HTPC.
I'm also looking at running UBUNTU with MYTHtv so I would be purchasing a tuner card, and I would like HD capability, so if I could get some recommends on that as well that would be great. Thx fellas!