spectrascope Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 Hey look at the list below and tell me what you think of this as media center pc it will be acting as a satilitte reciver, dvd player, dvd - record, office machine, and all round game the monitor will be add later so need to mention that and surround reciver and speeakers are all ready in place. case http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....11-163-004&depa =1 silver stone 157usd 9800 pro saphire 209usd compro tv tuner card http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....14-160-017&depa =1 57usd audigy 2 88usd mobo MSI "K7N2 Delta-ILSR" nForce2 Ultra 400 101usd http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....on=13-130-418&d epa=1 processor 3200+ 179usd ram 1gb crucial 178usd sp-97 heat sink 43.99usd nb cooler thermalright 11.99usd vga silencer 14.99usd cpu-fan enermax 92mm 11.99usd case fan 6.99usd panflow 80mm psu superflower 550watt 79.99usd other heat sinks ocz bga ram sinks 8 13.98usd hard drive cooler 7.99usd sata cable 1.99usd 2x rouned 18inch ata cables $4usd 1 floppy rounded 1.15usd copper cpu shim 2.99usd hard drive 160gb sata seagate 125.67usd floppy 9.99usd dvd 16x liteon 34.99usd dvd-rw 8x dual format liteon 97.99usd winxp pro 142.99usd wireless keyboard mouse logitech cordless duo 74.99 usd pc remote http://www.svc.com/niveuspcrmt.html 47.99usd labor 45.00usd as5 6usd as3 adhesive 9usd wireless adapter cnet 54mbs g/b adapter 31.50usd sub total 1877.49usd shipping total Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 lol...dont get the shim...just makes the temp about 10c higher. no point. everything else looks good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_Guy_ Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 You don't really need to buy a SATA cable, 2 are inlcuded with the board, as well as a rounded IDE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth_Man Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 so its not really gonna be a "Media Center PC" , its gonna be an everything pc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shervin2 Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 I am not to sure about the processor, get a Mobile because the 3200+ dont have that much headroom for overclocknig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 this system isn't for me it is not going to be oced Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 unless its going to be an everything media center pc, seems like theres some overkill. like the 9800 pro and a tv tuner. why not go with a 9700 AIW, or 9600 AIW. unless its going to be used serious gaming the 9600 AIW is probably good. dvd burner and 16x dvd-rom, once again unless this is going to be full time machine i'm not sure 2 optical drives will really be that useful. personally i don't even have two in my main rig. i don't find them _that_ useful. 500w psu? you'd be better off getting a quality 350w-400w made by a good company (entemax, antec, etc.) floppy drive? people still use those? personal preferance i guess remote...the tv tuner you have listed comes with a remote. if you go 9600AIW it also comes with a remote...in fact that one on svc looks like a clone of it. those are my thoughts...nothing more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 pretty much would be media/everthing pc, I find floppy drive useful for exceptional small transfers and the extra remote and dual drive setup is so that it can be used as dvd - recorded / copier/player I could use the 460 watt zalman if you think it would be a better psu. thankyou for te comments I'll consider using aiw 9600 and 2600+mobile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 if you got a dvd+-r/rw... you wont need a dvd-rom... it's not like a dual-deck tape player... you just copy from dvd to hd, then hd to dvd... you can't copy on the fly from the dvd-rom to the writer... because there's an intermediate step in the dvd to hd part... you should know what this is... on the fly copies are prone to error, and dvd-writers are better readers anyway... why bother with an sp97 if you not gonna oc (oh yeah that won't mount on the delta-ilsr cos it ain't got mounting holes) get a Zalman if its a media center pc cos it's quieter at stock speeds - sp97 is better with more airflow and oc-ing... you won't need the bga ramsinks if you ain't oc-ing... the vga silencer can stay cos that's a nice silent solution whether oc-ing or not... oh yeah so get rid of AS3 adhesive cos no ramsinks... no need for NB-1 if not oc-ing... just use the passive one (or the active one if you get a mobo that has one) that comes with it... definitely get the mobile... it's a better quality chip than the 3200+ and will run at 3200 speeds at lower voltage - therefore less heat, less cooling, less noise... its cheaper too... hard drive coolers are pointless in most cases cos the case fans provide cool air to them... if you've got a wireless adapter then lose the floppy drive... transfer over network instead... i'd DISrecommend the k7n2 mobo... the DFI UI is around the same price or cheaper AND it comes with mounting holes which gives a lot more flexibility... it's also a far superior board... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 how is this I've updated the speifications case strand black mid tower 27.00 9600 aiw 180 audigy 42.00 mobo MSI "K7N2 Delta-ILSR" nForce2 Ultra 400 101 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....on=13-130-418&d epa=1 processor 2600+ mobile 95.00 ram 1gb ddr 3200 samsung 80 cpu heat sink cooler 2SL rev.2 12.99 vga silencer 14.99 case fan 6.99 x4 psu enermax 460watt 79.99 http://www.svc.com/enwh46posuw9.html other heat sinks 7 2x rouned 18inch ata cables $4 1 floppy rounded 1.15 hard drive 80gb ide seagate 70.00 floppy 9.99 dvd 34.99 cd-rw 34.50 winxp pro 142.99 wireless keyboard mouse 74.99 labor 45.00 as5 6 wireless adapter 31.50 sub total 1120~ shipping total Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 if you're not going to overclock, why the mobile? MaximumPC magazine just built a media PC outta an old pc and it was only 900MHz. The amount of memory on a media PC is more important than a super fast proc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 yeah...the only reason we get the mobiles is for it's overclocking and less heat output...which doesn't really matter when not overclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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