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HTPC Build with an old Dell Inspiron 530s
I recently freed an old Dell Inspiron 530s from it’s obligations at work in a dental office, and decided to design it as a Home Theatre PC. It might be from 2006, but it still has some use in it.
This build also shows some of the challenges of building and upgrading in a half-height case, and, in addition, some things about building in a system like the 530s.
Featuring:
Sapphire Radeon HD6670 1 GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card – 100326DDR3L
AVerMedia AVerTVHD Duet TV Tuner
Hauppauge 23064 PCTV Remote Kit for Media Center
by EricGeek1155
Reviews: some ideas for an HTPC
A summary of reviews that offers some ideas to make your own compact PC. It is now possible to do just about any type of configuration as long you choose the right components. We just selected four pretty interesting, recently reviewd by our colleagues.
One of the easiest solutions to set up one’s own compact PC is to use a barebone, that is to say, a case that already has a motherboard. Shuttle is one of the industry experts and offers the DS61 with a solution based on the Intel LGA 1155.
Shuttle DS61 v1.1: a barebone that knows how to be discreet
Two times larger than the Intel NUC, with its dimensions of 190 x 165 x 43 mm, it has a fairly rich connectivity of four USB 2.0 ports on...
Custom mediacenter HTPC with digital cable tuner and Blu-ray recorder
This is a brandnew custom built HTPC computer. Has the better Intel Ivy Core i5 3570k 3.4Ghz Per Core Quad Core Processor. This processor has 4 independent cores operating at 3.4Ghz each and APU for video to power through any multi-tasking you can throw at it, will record also muilt streams no problem. Need Graphics Power for High Definition Video? This system features a good APU Intel’s HD4000 Integrated High Definition Graphics System. It is capable of High Definition HDMI Graphics output for your HDTV or LCD monitor at 1080p smooth. For added multimedia experience I have included a Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV you can watch and record live TV! Plus this...
HTPC Build Planning 2013
A video showing cheap components that can be bought and used in an HTPC.
by MrReeceyburger123
3D HTPC Setup with XBMC 12 & AEON NOX 4
Software: XBMC 12 “Frodo”
Skin: AEON NOX 4
IPad: XBMC Commander
TV: LG 65″ Plasma 3DTV
PC: (Cost $750)
Windows 8 64 bit
Vertex 3 OCZ 60gb SSD
i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1ghz
8gb DDR3
Radeon 6570
ASRock H67M Motherboard
650 Watt OCZ ZS Power Supply
Silverstone Black Aluminum Case
Samsung BD-ROM
16 TB (combined) hard drive (internal & nas)
Recorded with: Lumia 920
by apardilla
HTPC build with AMD Trinity A10-5700
Specifications:
Silverstone GD05 HTPC Case
Kinsgston 60GB SSD
Asus A85-M Pro Motherboard
AMD A10-5700 3.4 Ghz CPU with Radeon HD 7660D GPU
Windows 8 Pro Edition
Asus Wifi Card
Wireless keyboard with touchpad
CoolerMaster S524 low profile CPU cooler
LG Bluray
Corsair GS500 PSU
Seagate Barracuda 3TB
by Elmnator1
My HTPC using XBMC on WINDOWS 7
Just a quick look at my HTPC built with everything free: iceflms, navi-x, free live tv and sports.
by homieluis