If you're interested in seing other peoples opinions on this and whatnot i started another thread athttp://www.arcadeathome.com/forums/...d=232223#232223

I'll get more replies at that web site but I still hope to get info from both forums

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I think its a really good idea. I hope it works out 4 u.

No need to go and buy a special computer or whatever , all you need is a nice AGP Nvidia Graphics Card , You can wire a direct wire from your PC Card TV_OUT , into your Widescreen and Volla , you have cool movies. that what i do anyways.

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Rozzer: That's not really the point..HTPC is short for
"Home Theater PC" it's like a dvd player only homemade and alot cooler.

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Originally posted by Dj_ExOn Rozzer: That's not really the point..HTPC is short for "Home Theater PC" it's like a dvd player only homemade and alot cooler.

Not only that but the card I plan on getting directly outputs the video. I don't just see the windows screen with a divx player but I see what the player is outputing, it makes for better quality otherwise people would just buy a card with TV out like mine (s-video, monitor and RCA out).

Anyways everyone has been helpful but kind of missing the point. I'm not looking for a DivX player or a way to watch Divx movies on my TV, I'm looking for what I need to build my own HTPC (home theater PC). I need to know exactly what I need component wise and how fast the processor,RAM,etc. has to be so that it runs effectively but not overkill for power seeing as I want to build it as efficiently as possible. I'm building it regardless of my alternatives so I need someone to just basically tell me all the parts that I need.

motherboard I've found allready pretty much but suggestions are welcome
RAM, how much?
CPU, how fast?
power supply
fan
case
DVD-ROM drive
hard drive (from 2gigs-maybe 10)
the home theater card I was talking about to output the video to a TV or monitor

all I can think of ATM.

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heres what i can tell you:

if you want this for divx and nothing else hereds what you may be looking at pricewise...

mobo (desc mobo with plenty of ide connections for more HDDs...) aroudn 70-100 bucks
CPU (maybe a 1000-2000 mhz processor, either amd or intel) - 100 bucks
RAM (ddr, 256 meg at least, 512=better) - 100 bucks
Drives (a 40 for "C:" and a 120 or 2 120s at 140 bucks each) - 180-320 depending on whether you have 2x120 or not.
Video card (DEFINATELY S-OUT!!!!!!!!!! its a must! ATI radeon or a gefdorece 4 card.. some tvs have monitor in which is nice .. i think rgb-s converters exist so maybe check on that) - ~100-200 bucks
sounds card (turtle beach santa cruz, nuff said. logarithms based on music output rather than game output) - 50 bucks
a case (make sure its got room for airflow) - 50-100 bucks


i guess youre lookin at around 500-700 depending on the deals you find and all that shit... you prbbaly could go cheaper as this would be a nice system by anyones standards.. i spose you dont NEED some of the ram and a real fast processor but who knows.. if you need any help i qould be happy to assist.. i do this for a living.. kinda.

-marc

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Originally posted by SmellsExcellent mobo (desc mobo with plenty of ide connections for more HDDs...) aroudn 70-100 bucks CPU (maybe a 1000-2000 mhz processor, either amd or intel) - 100 bucks RAM (ddr, 256 meg at least, 512=better) - 100 bucks Drives (a 40 for "C:" and a 120 or 2 120s at 140 bucks each) - 180-320 depending on whether you have 2x120 or not. Video card (DEFINATELY S-OUT!!!!!!!!!! its a must! ATI radeon or a gefdorece 4 card.. some tvs have monitor in which is nice .. i think rgb-s converters exist so maybe check on that) - ~100-200 bucks sounds card (turtle beach santa cruz, nuff said. logarithms based on music output rather than game output) - 50 bucks a case (make sure its got room for airflow) - 50-100 bucks

1Ghz? I need that much to run a single program?
120GB for one program? I need a 2 gig hard drive or the lowest I can get pretty much. Video card can be shit and I don't need an output because I'm getting a card made specifically for DVD,DivX,etc and outputs to TV. Sound card is gonna probably be the integrated one in the motherboard or a nice soundblaster live.

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not sure why u want to spend all that money...

WHY dont you just convert your movies to VCD or SVCD..then burn them , an watch them on your stand-alone DVD player for your TV...it would save u lots of money and hassles....

thats what i did with all my movies....i just burned them as VCD/SVCD and watch them on my TV....alot easier and cheaper...

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Originally posted by tiesto14 not sure why u want to spend all that money... WHY dont you just convert your movies to VCD or SVCD..then burn them , an watch them on your stand-alone DVD player for your TV...it would save u lots of money and hassles.... thats what i did with all my movies....i just burned them as VCD/SVCD and watch them on my TV....alot easier and cheaper...

Well first of all I've allready burned my movies and I don't feel like burning them again (200 movies equals over 400 CD's in VCD and about 400 hours to convert them all). Converting them to VCD means that each CD can hold 80 minutes which means I nead 2 or even 3 CD's for each movie to burn it again (cost me more cash). Also it's time consuming to convert DivX movies to VCD. I let Nero do it for me and it took an hour per CD to convert and burn at 16X.

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Originally posted by trance_n_dance Well first of all I've allready burned my movies and I don't feel like burning them again (200 movies equals over 400 CD's in VCD and about 400 hours to convert them all). Converting them to VCD means that each CD can hold 80 minutes which means I nead 2 or even 3 CD's for each movie to burn it again (cost me more cash). Also it's time consuming to convert DivX movies to VCD. I let Nero do it for me and it took an hour per CD to convert and burn at 16X.

ya good point.....u convinced me....now i wanna do it...LOL....

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