HW recommendations for an HTPC?. Any current hardware recommendations for buildin an HTPC? I want to use this as a digital cable box, DVR, and to stream music. Budget is flexible, but I was hoping around $700 not including software. I'll be running Win7...

be noticed....... I've had a HTPC for about 4 years now. Same idea as yourself with wanting it to replace VCR, DVD player, CD player, etc...with that said, here's what I've found works well for me...right now, my HTPC is channeled thru the receiver just like...

HTPC: 1st build. How is this for a start?. This is my first build. Looking for a strong system to run all standard HTPC functionality. Two Questions: 1. Will these hardware components work well? Other suggestions? 2. What would you recommend for a...

mouse buttons are on the left while the trackball is on the right so it takes two hands to use. *Edit - That Adesso that chucky linked looks like a really nice HTPC keyboard. I also have another recommendation about the HTPC keyboard beside logitech or BTC,...

Confessions of a Serial HTPC Builder - Part 3. Michael Baggaley applies hard lessons learned during his past attempts to build the ultimate home theater PC. The issue, he says, is to find the right balance between noise, power and style and how much money you...

a separate GPU you may need to add another fan to support the board... Here's my build: GA-MA786GPMT-UD2H AMD Athlon II X2 245 G.Skill (2x2GB) DDR2 800 Antec EA380 nMedia 5000B Integrated GPU's are recommended for HTPC builds because that's all that's...

is an ATI Radeon VE 7000 APG card, fairly old. Some other advise I have been given at another forum suggests upgrading the card to a HDTV/S-video output. The composite connection is only 480i. Do you have a card recommendation? HTPC News Forum has useful...

really promising. (at the very least, you can be sure that a zalman cooler will fit in it. :D ) Another amateur HTPC article from Tom's Hardware... Why would you even consider putting a software MPEG tuner like the AIW in an HTPC?? Windows MCE does not list...

should realize that. This card is aimed to casual gamers at most, and it's real crowd lies in Notebooks and HTPC. Under that scope, yeah, it is kinda hot and they should put more efforts in getting it cooler. Maybe not for the HTPC, since you can crank up a...

pick two examples and talk it through: I've used this on several PCs. It has decent range IF there is no metal alongside of or in front of the receiver. (Not recommending this for your HTPC, just note is is quite different from the next one.) I am also...