Advice on $1200 HTPC/school/light gaming build. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Late December/Early January BUDGET RANGE: $900-1100 After Rebates SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: HTPC--subscribed to ATT U-Verse (heard you can use your comp as a dvr...

HTPC for architecture student. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: before new year (willing to wait for after xmas sales) BUDGET RANGE: aiming for >1000 besides the parts i've found but very open to suggestions SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: hdtv...

5970 for HTPC?. I am very new to all of this and I, like a lot people, are putting together my first computer build. I would say this computer will be used mainly for gaming, but I would also like to be able to use it as a HTPC. I know the 5970 is great...

4200 vs 6600GT for Win 7 HTPC. I'm about to refresh my HTPC with Win 7, a Athlon II X2, 2 gigs of DDR3 and probably a 785G chipset. Right now I have a Athlon 64 3200+ single core, 2 gigs of DDR1 and a 6600GT 128mb graphics card pushing vista media center and...

Looking for best way to cool down my HTPC+ system in Silverstone LC17. I have a mid-range HTPC that I built about 2 years ago. I've been slowly adding HDD to the machine, and am starting to run into heat problems. Additionally, the stock vent fans that came...

Cheap HTPC. I haven't been on here in a couple years, but the holidays are coming, and I'd like to throw together a cheap (very cheap) computer which can play Blu Ray files (.mkv) without a hitch. I have no idea what's out right now in the market. I'll need...

Parts for HTPC. I'm looking at building a HTPC, I want to spend as little as possible, I see no need to buy top of the line parts for a PC thats only going to do video and audio. My only requirements are 1080P Blu-Ray playback, audio out via the video cards...

Nasty Win7 build; Gamer + HTPC; Radeon 5750. I've spec'd this system and am already over budget but wanted a somewhat future-proof build. This will be running Windows 7, 64-bit. Would appreciate any feedback, especially if there are incompatibilities, red...

HTPC on the semi-cheap. Hi all, I'm kinda new here but I appreciate the extraordinary flow of knowledge on this site and thank you for helping me out (if you so choose :) ) To the point, I'm looking to build a HTPC for a respectable price. The functions...

in my HTPC, but it is only a standard def design with a dual tuner hauppauge 250 card and WMC 2005. Old by today's standards, but working great until analog cable is dead and/or Blue Ray ubiquitous. I'm using an Athlon II X4 620 and an ATI HD4670 in my HTPC....