Could this be HTPC?

Krazy Owl · Feb 8, 2013, 11:52 AM

Athlon XP 3200+ skt 462 (skt A) 2.2 gigs
1 gig pc2700
BFG Tech GeForce 7800 GS OC edition 256megs AGP 8X
HDD 160 gigs IDE133

XP home edition

Someone dumped the computer and the only defect is to replace the old DVD reader and the blowed psu.

Aquinus · Feb 8, 2013, 12:01 PM

Maybe 720p for output but I don't think that the 7000-series GeForce cards had hardware decode logic for h.264. Full HD might be a stretch.

If you did use it as a HTPC, I would ditch Windows XP and run a linux distro using XBMC.

Krazy Owl · Feb 8, 2013, 12:02 PM

I was thinking of addind a Hauppage tv tuner.

terrastrife · Feb 8, 2013, 12:33 PM

Depends what you want to use it for. TV tuners need quite a bit of CPU/GPU offload.
You wouldn't be recording anything with that HDD either.
What is your definition of HTPC?

_Zod_ · Feb 8, 2013, 07:04 PM

Short answer, no. It will do 480p max without video card hardware acceleration at 100% CPU load. It could be a file server, router, web server, ftp etc type device.

Krazy Owl · Feb 8, 2013, 08:52 PM

Strange behavior about this mobo. The cpu is 200fsb 1.1 gig but there is no adjustment in bios and bios is up to date. Suppose to be at 400 and 2.2 gigs.

Aquinus · Feb 9, 2013, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazy Owl

Strange behavior about this mobo. The cpu is 200fsb 1.1 gig but there is no adjustment in bios and bios is up to date. Suppose to be at 400 and 2.2 gigs.

Make sure that 1.1G is not just C&Q.

CPU World says:

Quote:

Originally Posted by CPUWorld

Notes on AMD AXDA3200DKV4E
Actual bus frequency is 200 MHz. Because the processor uses Double Data Rate bus the effective bus speed is 400 MHz.

Jetster · Feb 9, 2013, 09:47 AM

3200+ (rated)
2200 MHz (real)
Bus speed 400 MHz
Clock multiplier 11

Get rid of that 7800Gs and get a $15 Nvidia 210 or 420

TRWOV · Feb 9, 2013, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetster

3200+ (rated)
2200 MHz (real)
Bus speed 400 MHz
Clock multiplier 11

Get rid of that 7800Gs and get a $15 Nvidia 210 or 420

It's an AGP system.

Krazy, if you want to use it as an HTPC you might need to put your 4670 in there as it has UVD support. Also harvest more RAM from another system or something.

My first HTPC was a P4 2.4C + AiW 8500DV and worked fine but that was before h.264 and 1080p videos.

Krazy Owl · Feb 9, 2013, 02:56 PM

There is no cool and quiet. This is an HP bios really minimalist. The videocard should be fine then because I dont always build htpc for 1080p. Like it says Home Theatre...so for movies dvd and Personnal Computer for net surfing mostly. Some of them are on 1024x768 for smaller screens.

Krazy Owl · Feb 9, 2013, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

Make sure that 1.1G is not just C&Q.

CPU World says:

Ok fine but in the bios it says 200mhz and 1.1gig. Same thing in windows xp.

Feb 8, 2013, 11:52 AM	#1
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	Could this be HTPC? Athlon XP 3200+ skt 462 (skt A) 2.2 gigs 1 gig pc2700 BFG Tech GeForce 7800 GS OC edition 256megs AGP 8X HDD 160 gigs IDE133 XP home edition Someone dumped the computer and the only defect is to replace the old DVD reader and the blowed psu.

System Name:	HTPC-Cube
Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 skt754 3200+ 1M cache
Motherboard:	Foxconn Winfast K8S760MG-6LRS
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	2 gigs DDR400
Video Card:	HIS IceQ 4670 AGP 1gig DDR3
Hard Disk:	White label 80gigs sata
Optical Drive:	DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Polaroid 19 inches 1366X768 LED
Case:	Chenming cube
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Raidmax RX-500S
Software:	Seven Pro 64bits

Feb 8, 2013, 12:01 PM	#2
Aquinus Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dover, New Hampshire, USA Posts: 4,234 (8.87/day) Thanks: 1,260 Thanked 1,315 Times in 977 Posts System Specs	Maybe 720p for output but I don't think that the 7000-series GeForce cards had hardware decode logic for h.264. Full HD might be a stretch. If you did use it as a HTPC, I would ditch Windows XP and run a linux distro using XBMC. __________________ MyHeat

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Video Card:	2x AMD (MSI branded) Radeon HD 6870 (Crossfire)
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System Name:	HTPC-Cube
Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 skt754 3200+ 1M cache
Motherboard:	Foxconn Winfast K8S760MG-6LRS
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	2 gigs DDR400
Video Card:	HIS IceQ 4670 AGP 1gig DDR3
Hard Disk:	White label 80gigs sata
Optical Drive:	DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Polaroid 19 inches 1366X768 LED
Case:	Chenming cube
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Raidmax RX-500S
Software:	Seven Pro 64bits

Feb 8, 2013, 12:02 PM	#3
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	I was thinking of addind a Hauppage tv tuner.

Feb 8, 2013, 12:33 PM	#4
terrastrife Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 165 (1.00/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 38 Times in 35 Posts System Specs	Depends what you want to use it for. TV tuners need quite a bit of CPU/GPU offload. You wouldn't be recording anything with that HDD either. What is your definition of HTPC?

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Cooling:	Noctua C12P
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Hard Disk:	Intel 520 Series
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Case:	Antec 300
PSU:	Antec True Power New 750
Software:	Windows 8 Pro

Feb 8, 2013, 07:04 PM	#5
_Zod_ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 159 (0.12/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts System Specs	Short answer, no. It will do 480p max without video card hardware acceleration at 100% CPU load. It could be a file server, router, web server, ftp etc type device. __________________ Recommended software: Windows 7 Classic Shell Open Hardware Monitor Truecrypt

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Feb 8, 2013, 08:52 PM	#6
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	Strange behavior about this mobo. The cpu is 200fsb 1.1 gig but there is no adjustment in bios and bios is up to date. Suppose to be at 400 and 2.2 gigs.

Feb 9, 2013, 09:47 AM	#8
Jetster Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,859 (2.35/day) Thanks: 924 Thanked 851 Times in 624 Posts System Specs	3200+ (rated) 2200 MHz (real) Bus speed 400 MHz Clock multiplier 11 Get rid of that 7800Gs and get a $15 Nvidia 210 or 420

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Motherboard:	ASRock Z77 Extreme6 // Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Socket 1156
Cooling:	Corsair H100 // SILVERSTONE NT07-1156 90mm
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 1866 16gb //Corsair DDR3 1600 4 Gb
Video Card:	HIS 7950 3 Gb //Sapphire 6670 1 Gb
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PSU:	Corsair TX650 // Corsair CX 430
Software:	Windows 7 64bit // Windows 7 64bit with XBMC Eden
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Cooling:	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory:	2x4GB A-DATA XPG 1600GS
Video Card:	ATi RADEON HD7870 2GB / Zotac GT430
Hard Disk:	500GB WD / 64GB Samsung SSD (SRT cache) / 2TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B123A Blu-ray/DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer V223W 22" LCD 1680x1050
Case:	Cooler Master Gladiator 600
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w
Software:	Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
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Feb 9, 2013, 02:56 PM	#10
Krazy Owl Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 889 (1.80/day) Thanks: 122 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts System Specs	There is no cool and quiet. This is an HP bios really minimalist. The videocard should be fine then because I dont always build htpc for 1080p. Like it says Home Theatre...so for movies dvd and Personnal Computer for net surfing mostly. Some of them are on 1024x768 for smaller screens.

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