Jodym4 Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 I put last years Rig in a ZALMAN 160 B Case. I really Like the Case it's has excellent fit and Finish. It's got my Opty 170 Running on a DFI SLI DR Expert. 2 GB of G.Skill PC 4000 and my Zalman Heat Piped EVGA 7900 GT Volt Moded to GTX Specs. A Segate Baracuda 320 GB Perpendicular Drive and Lite on Light Scribe DVD-RW and a ATI HD-Wonder Card. The 160 B Has a Media Center Remote control that is great for media center mode. It's hooked up to a 7.1 Channel Sony Surround Sound Receiver. A Sony 32" High Scan Sony Monitor display the images via DVI Cable. I have a set of Polk 11T's from the Last Millennium but they still sound terrific each tower has a Silver Voice Coil Tweater between two 6.5 Inch Drivers with dual 8" Passive Radiators acoustically coupled with a 6.5" mentioned earlier. I bought a few Polk Bookshelf speaker on sale at Fryes. Two have 6.5 Inch Drivers for the Sides and I got a 5.25" Polk bookshelf Firing rearward into my kitchen. It's a small 1 bed room apartment and this broadens the sound stage. It is also strange to hear effects in the kitchen. I found a Polk center channel speaker on sale at Fryes as well for $200 is has two 5.25" Drivers and a tweeter. I got a sweet Sony 250 Watt Class D Sub. It is a Bang & Olfsan design and had two 10" Drivers. A long time ago I nicked a set of Vanden Hul Sterling Silver Speaker Cables from my Boss set up (It was Bi-Wired and he ask me to set it up) so those are powering the 11T's See the second 10" underneeth? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuff72 Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 Still a work in progress: A64 3700 (939) Asus AN8-SLI Premium HIS X1650XT (sweet passive cooling) 2 x 1GB Corsiar PC 3200 2 x ATI Theater 550 tuner Seasonic 380W Samsung 160 GB (system and TV) Samsung 400 GV (DVDs and Music) Silverstone LC 20B Windows MCE 2005 No HD yet. Just hooked up through a regular TV. It's built with vista and HD in mind though. Using it for a PVR, gaming console, music jukebox, and dvd jukebox. I play a lot of Madden and Need for Speed with my brother. It looks heck of a lot better than his playstation 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodym4 Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 I recienty Got the Zalman HD 160 B for my HTPC they have a more expensive model with the touch screen LCD. I just use a old 17" LCD under my TV for reading and a second screen. The 160 B has a Vacume Floresent Display that works well with Media Center Mode on Windows MCE 05. I've tryed lots of other cases like the Antec Overture but it did not have adiquit cooling. This case has dual 8 CM Fans in the rear. It also comes with a Media Center remote for $289 I need to cut some holes in my stand here for some extra ventalation. I was considering radiators on the back of the Armwa. I have another Rig besides this one in my living room so I can play Battle Field and Counter Strike Source with friends. It is beside my coffe table with a 19" Samsung LCD TV on the table. I used my Old DFI Lanparty Expert and Opty 170 it's defiantly ATX My Gameing Rig in in the Living room as well so I can play Battle Field with a friend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 Nice - That Zalman looks like the hot (perhaps I should say cool) setup. I just picked up a Toshiba SD-V594 DVD/VCR combo from The Egg. The upconverting feature (to 1080i) works incredibly well so I might just give up my quest for a way to get around HDCP. Unfortunately it only upconverts DVDs so if I want to watch a VCR tape at HD resolution I have to copy it to my hard drive first at the highest capture settings then burn it to DVD. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saruman Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 Here are the Components Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard 1Gb DDR2 553Mhz Ram Dvico Dual Digital TV Tuner Card 1xPioneer DVD-rw 1x250Gb WD SATA2 HDD Antec NSK2400 HTPC Case with PSU (spray painted the front black) Asus SPDIF coaxial/optical Output Module Hitachi 42PD8900 42" Plasma 1024x1080i Panel Sony Dolby Digital 5.1 Receiver Richter Floor Standing Speakers It has been a bumpy ride along the way getting this thing set up properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionviper Posted April 15, 2007 Posted April 15, 2007 AMD Athlon64 3200+ Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro 1gb Patriot DDR400 PNY 6200 (AGP) Seagate 500gb SATA HD Raidmax 630w PSU (with modular cabling, which I LOVE) Creative Audigy 2 Hauppauge PVR-250 Some cheap 5.1 speakers Phillips HDTV (some CRT model, supports 1080i) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted April 15, 2007 Posted April 15, 2007 Some cheap 5.1 speakers Hope you can afford some good speakers later. I can't imagine not having my Logitech Z-5500's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionviper Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Hope you can afford some good speakers later. I can't imagine not having my Logitech Z-5500's. I plan on replacing them with a Klipsch 5.1 set after I build my new rig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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