I am interested in building a new computer or upgrading an old one to turn it into a media center. These are the things I would like it to do:
Playback all video, even blu-ray quality rips
Play music
Be a DVR
Play games my 2 year old acer netbook can handle
Stream videos from the internet
I don't need super awesome sound as I use an older stereo for my movie sound. It would be connected to a SD tv or my HD computer monitor (24 inch), so I don't need HDMI output. I am hoping a can slap something together for the money I can get for my xbox 360 and all of its games. I guess my biggest questions/concerns would be what is the cheapest processor/memory/video card combo that will accomplish this. One more thing, when I mentioned games, I a talking about games that are mostly 7 years or older and aren't very demanding at all. Thank you very much for any and all help.
Playback all video, even blu-ray quality rips
Play music
Be a DVR
Play games my 2 year old acer netbook can handle
Stream videos from the internet
I don't need super awesome sound as I use an older stereo for my movie sound. It would be connected to a SD tv or my HD computer monitor (24 inch), so I don't need HDMI output. I am hoping a can slap something together for the money I can get for my xbox 360 and all of its games. I guess my biggest questions/concerns would be what is the cheapest processor/memory/video card combo that will accomplish this. One more thing, when I mentioned games, I a talking about games that are mostly 7 years or older and aren't very demanding at all. Thank you very much for any and all help.