HTPC Advice needed

Ben564 · Oct 8, 2012

Hey guys

How is this HTPC ? i will be using it for internet, music and HD videos.
Thanks for your advice guys

Krazy Owl · Oct 9, 2012

link not working .. hebraic symbols only there

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

The site is in hebrew

I'm from israel

eidairaman1 · Oct 9, 2012

Ben564 said:
I'm from israel

got an english site by chance?

freaksavior · Oct 9, 2012

It works well enough, if you want to do HD video with HD audio, then you will need a different video card, otherwise, it seems okay spec wise.

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

The specs are in english

eidairaman1 said:
got an english site by chance?

The specs are in english

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

I think this is only good for a htpc if you buy a cheap modern video card as as well, but you have to be really careful to buy a low-end one only, because of the 150W power supply.

Edit: ask them if they can sell it to you with an Intel i3-3220 or i3-3225 instead, you wouldn't need an extra video card that way.

Jetster · Oct 9, 2012

What is it. Why would he need a video card?

Because all we see is NOT SUPPORTED web site

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Jetster said:
What is it. Why would he need a video card?

for HD videos? sandy bridge can't play BD for example

Jetster · Oct 9, 2012

Ikaruga said:
for HD videos? sandy bridge can't play BD for example

Yes it can, but yet again what are the specs. You just need the right codex and software

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Jetster said:
Yes it can, but yet again what are the specs

well, last I tried it had problems

edit:
Processor (Intel ® Pentium ® Processor G630 (3M Cache, 2.70 GHz
Memory Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
Hard Disk Seagate / Hitachi 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB
DVD burner SAMSUNG DVD-RW X22
Motherboard Intel / Asrock depends on stock
Graphic gumbo Intel ® HD Graphics
Sound Card Intel ® High Definition Audio
Network Card Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb / s) LAN subsystem
Power Supply 150W
Front Panel 2xUSB, HD AUDIO, MIC
Dimensions 303x200x166
Responsibility Year

Jetster · Oct 9, 2012

A AMD fusion may be a cheaper option

That didnt work. The site is BLOCKED for some reason. And it not my work blocking it. It just says not supported

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Jetster said:
A AMD fusion may be a cheaper option

He is from Israel, the place where they make the ivy bridge CPUs. I think he is quite good to go with a i3-3225. The HD4000 is a perfect choice for a non-gamer HTPC build.

edit: but a i3-3220 with the HD2500 would also do quite well and it's $20 cheaper.

Jetster · Oct 9, 2012

Correct.......even a first generation i3 550 will do.

why I cant see the site. I hate censorship

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Jetster said:
why I cant see the site. I hate censorship

use a web-proxy

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

your ISP is Censoring you

Jetster said:
What is it. Why would he need a video card?

Because all we see is NOT SUPPORTED web site

I guess your ISP is Censoring you

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

What browser are you using?

Jetster said:
A AMD fusion may be a cheaper option

That didnt work. The site is BLOCKED for some reason. And it not my work blocking it. It just says not supported

The website supports chrome firefox IE 9.

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

CPU Upgrade?

Thanks Guys for your great advice

Do you guys thinkw i shoud order this HTPC and tell them to upgrade to a i3-3225 CPU?

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Ben564 said:
Thanks Guys for your great advice
Do you guys thinkw i shoud order this HTPC and tell them to upgrade to a i3-3225 CPU?

As I wrote it above, if you are absolutely sure that you won't play games and also if you are short on money, the i3-3220 would also do just fine for browsing the internet and watching movies, but I think the extra $20 is worth it for i3-3225 to make the build a little more future proof. The HD4000 in the 3225 is a lot faster then the HD2500 in the 3220, you know, some extra performance never hurts

Your choice

edit: it must be noted that 7200RPM drives are far from silent. I don't know how much do you know about computers, but this won't be dead silent in the bedroom for sure

Ben564 · Oct 9, 2012

Case Closed

Thanks Guys i spoke to them now and they will build me the HTPC with a i3-3225

Ikaruga · Oct 9, 2012

Ben564 said:
Thanks Guys i spoke to them now and they will build me the HTPC with a i3-3225

have fun

freaksavior · Oct 9, 2012

The HD4000 is the only one that supports dts-hd, 3k does not, that's what I was talking about.

Jetster · Oct 9, 2012

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/7

freaksavior · Oct 9, 2012

Jetster said:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/7

Ahhh see when I was looking at the 2/3k I honestly didn't find anything telling me that... i guess I didn't look very hard.

Jetster · Oct 10, 2012

Usually the problem is you have to have FFDShow installed and then select the DD HD, DTS HD audio option. I just install CCCP codex pack and its in there. Ive twisted my mind a few times figuring it out

With my system I installed a 6670 GPU just to get it a little more snappy. But really it worked fine with the i3 550 HD2000 playing 30Gb BR files bit stream threw my Yamaha AVR

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(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 AGP 1gig DDR3
Storage	White label 80gigs sata
Display(s)	Polaroid 19 inches 1366X768 LED
Case	Chenming cube
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Raidmax RX-500S
Software	Seven Pro 64bits

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	ZeroUptime \| M.A.S.S / MM1
Processor	Xeon 2659 v3 / Xeon 2683 v4 / ARM A14
Motherboard	Asus X99-E-10G WS / ASRock x99 usb 3.1 / Apple
Cooling	NZXT Kraken / Noctua NH-L12 / Apple
Memory	16Gb DDR4 / 32Gb DDR4 / 16GB HBLM
Video Card(s)	Powercooler ATI vega 64 / GT 7300 / ARM
Storage	Samsung 970 512 Evo NVMe / A lot. / 256 + 512 External TB3
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 / Headless / Acer X34 Non predator
Case	NZXT H630 \|Rosewill 8bay 4u server chasiss / MMM1
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Onboard / Onboard
Power Supply	Corais HX850 \| Corsair TX750 / Internal 250w
Mouse	g502 proteus core / Headless / g502 proteus core
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Cherry Blue / Headless / K65 Cherry Red
Software	Windows 10 / ESXI / Big Sur 11.2.2

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

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