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I need some advice about putting together components for a Media Centre PC.
I want to be able to
1. Connect to my 42" LCD TV via HDMI
2. Connect to my PC either via cable or wireless.
3. Watch and Record and "Live" Record Free to view TV.
4. Steal Foxtel - is that possible?
5. Play Blu-Ray, DVD, CD. NO BURNING,
6. store and play my multi media collection - (1350+ movies) 2.4 TB of TV shows and 100 gig of music mp3s. i am thinking about 6TB on onboard storage. but this needs to be expandable.
7. Play computer games (this isnt essential - I imagine i need a monster Video card to push graphics to 42" TV)
8. I am guessing Surround sound.
9. Cordless Keyboard, mouse, gamepad - LOGITECH.
10. all of it accessed via Remote control that I can transfer to my Logitech 1100 Programmable Remote Control.
11. all packaged in a "Media Centre" Case that is QUIET and visually subtle.
I want to do it all for less then 1000 bucks
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
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Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
doubt you'd be able to do it all under $1000. My unit was around $2200 for the same stuff (apart from the Foxtel/games bit). Get one of these silent cases though:
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/pr...is/shinobi-xl/
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PM me, this might take awhile
Windows 7 and 8 both do media center OK, I haven't played with 8 but Metro looks like it would work really well with that sort of task.
I doubt that you will get it happening for under a grand, have you thought of doing it with an xbox?
That will manage the games, foxtel and tv (with the right add-ons) and your logitech remote should plug straight in.
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are you thinking xbox one gigs? or the current 360?
because with the one the only thing i can think that will be a factor is storage. i haven't seen how expandable the HD on the one is going to be. or how adaptable it will be to other hard drives.
but the way they are marketing this new console is to be able to so everything you have mentioned X
also surround sound would be at least a grand for anything other than entry level.
i'd be leaving that to last and then investing in a 7.2 system running through an independent amp that has the balls to make the most of your speakers.
also - when i'm in Sydney. can i bring a few hard drives and raid your collection?
A little bit of research and I found this
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/08...for-under-700/
Its a little old - I would appreciate some opinions.
Jono - of course and the offer is there for anyone else - PM me for details.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
that could be okay. HDDs will add up the total to over a grand. maybe raid 5 3 then add progressively. make sure the mobo has enough data ports on board to hold the hdds and the bluray drive, or else you'll be adding a sata port expansion card and the cables to work with them. power supply will need to be good too, and the cooling setup.
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SO I priced up the components as recommended in the link above.
Found a better Case - Silverstone LC17
and
Western Digital Green 3TB 7200rpm 135 each.
If I get 3 of the Hard Drives my cost is 804.20 not including postage. Nor have I included keyboard mouse game pad.
Unless someone has better suggestions/recommendations or ideas
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
DON'T get 1.5TB or 3TB drives! They break down too easily and have to get replaced. very bad history. Use 2TB or 4TB drives. I have 6 x 2TB RAID'd which work very well.
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I love it when you guys descend into Geek Speak.
Is there a dictionary?
360 it's The way to go. HDMI looks after your surround sound and the movies are stored on your pc with windows media center running them. A decent 100megabit connection is fine for mp4 as for surround sound, I have a Harmon kardon 5.1 driving JBL speakers and it does all right
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Really? I've run the HDMI through surround to TV and it's fantastic,
But haven't tried much else. Blu-ray runs through amp as well.
GTA V will be the last game I buy on the current console
I'd say. I'm really excited to see what the Xbox one can do.
Just wish things came with at least 4 HDMI ports as opposed to 2-3 as it is now!
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Last edited by jono; 08-06-13 at 23:07.
Fulvio
What I want to do is have a computer box located under my Television that not only replaces my Amplifier, DVD Player, Blu-Ray Player, CD Player, Digital Set Top Box and my Games Machine.
Rather then have 5 or so components and about 1 mile of cabling tucked behind the TV cabinet.
Also for me - it has eliminated the need for 2 Full Size bookshelves full of movies.
I hope this helps
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa