24 April 2007, 18:52 in PC Hardware & Gadgets
Budget home theatre PC specs
Iavor recently asked me to help him spec out a basic low budget home theatre PC. Here’s what I came up with from the Nintek website:
- Antec NSK2400 Black Steel MicroATX Desktop Case – Silver Bezel – 380W PSU
- Asus M2NPV-VM microATX Motherboard – Socket AM2, NVIDIA nForce 430 Chipset, DDR2 800, Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Graphics, HDTV, PCI-Express x16, 4xSATA 3GB/s, RAID, 6ch HD Audio, GbLAN
- AMD Athlon64 X2 AM2 Dual Core 3600+ Processor – 2.0GHz, 2×256KB L2 Cache, 65w, ADO3600CUBOX
- Corsair Value Select PC-5300 1GB DDR2 Kit (2× 512Mb) DDR2-667MHz VS1GBKIT667D2
- WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200rpm SATA II Hard Drive – 8.9ms, 16MB Cache, Western Digital Caviar SE
- Lite-On LH-18A1P Internal Super AllWrite DVD Writer – Black RETAIL BOX
- Avermedia DVB-T A777 Digital HDTV & Analogue TV Tuner PCI
- Netgear WG311 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter
- Logitech Cordless Desktop S510 Media Remote – Ultra flat cordless keyboard with optical mouse and media remote control – For Media Centre PCs
Total: $959.90
I think this system represents very good value. I’m not sure how this one would go with high-def TV recording and playback but it would certainly handle standard-def digital TV without problems. Personally I would spend a little more on the case but this one will do the job.
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