Joined: Wed 09-16-2009 6:52AM Posts: 608 Location: in your 802.11g stealing your internetz
Source: Off Campus
I'm using an Athlon II X2 240 2.8ghz AM3. I just ordered it for $30 off COMPUSA for black friday. I pretty much feel like I stole that processor, and am having guilt pangs now and again.
Yes, I am going to game the hell out of it. The recliner in front of it's armrest is almost two feet wide and doubles nicely as a mousepad. Since the display is 120hz I am conemplating dabbling with nVidia's 3d goggles, however at first I am going to put mythTV on it. I've been playing with Boxee all afternoon and it seems pretty much badass, however I'm not sure if I want to sit around renaming all my movies so it will recognise it.
That cheap one is looking very tempting. I already have a power supply, so it looks good, but I think I want the LCD panel and the remote. The volume knob is stylish but not worth $250.
I'm worried about compatibility with those screens and remotes though... What operating system did you put on your boxes?
i dont know what he is running on his, but i just have the slim hec case that doesn't have displays. I'm running Windows 7 Pro (MSDNAA FTW) for the Media Center. I have a Hauppague 2250 tuner so I can record my shows (works as well as and is hella cheaper than a Tivo). Maybe one of these days I'll experiment with mythbuntu or something, but I see no need atm.
Joined: Wed 09-16-2009 6:52AM Posts: 608 Location: in your 802.11g stealing your internetz
Source: Off Campus
I'm thinking of dualbooting win7 and mythbuntu with boxee running on top of it. I can then experiment with windows dvr/mediacenter softwares, while the other household members can still use boxee (I'm more and more of a fan with each moment I use it, exceptionally good for an alpha product).
I'm looking at putting a pcHDTV-5500 as apparently these http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html ignore broadcasting flags and I want to be able to DVR local channels you can't get on sat. They are designed around linux but apparently have windows support too.
ATM I'm still undecided on the case. the LCD display is not that big of a deal, and I guess I could get the RF module from somewhere else.
When I worked at a hospital I remembered installing some kind of gyro in air motion mouse. Some googling resulted in this:
i bought my MCE usb IR receiver for 15 bucks on ebay, it doesn't look that bad or take up any space. worth the money. I'm getting a logitech harmony 510 remote for xmas (my mom is scared to buy stuff without telling me about it so i know already), so it should be a great addition to my entertainment center
Joined: Wed 09-16-2009 6:52AM Posts: 608 Location: in your 802.11g stealing your internetz
Source: Off Campus
awesome guys, that'll help immensely in getting my media in recognizable order.
logistical question for everyone: If I'm planning on building a 5-12 tb raid on this box, is it a bad idea to install the O/S on the raid array? like, I'm stuck between the desire to have the OS independent of the Raid array and having additional potential space by using all the sata ports for raid. I would put in one of those PCIe SSD's but this board is uATX and only has 1 x16 2.0 PCIe slot.
I guess I could get a ATA-133 drive for the O/S but that would suck too. Has anyone ever used their eSATA port's internally replicated sata port as an internal drive?
personally I would keep the OS drive out of the raid so that if you ever have to do a reinstall, you won't have to worry about all of your data and it will keep you from needing to make partitions on the raid.
Joined: Wed 09-16-2009 6:52AM Posts: 608 Location: in your 802.11g stealing your internetz
Source: Off Campus
Anyone have opinions on windows home server running as a HTPC OS? is Home Server based on Vista, or is there a Win7 version? I like the little display screenshots I'm seeing of the Home Server Control center.
Otherwise I might put Win Server 2008 R2 with "Desktop Experience Enabled" from MSDNAA. (this is my workaround for them not having Win7 ultimate available muhuhahah)
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum