Media Center PC: Possible New Project

Now that I’ve tasted HDTV, I’m starting to ponder the costs of building a Media Center PC. There are many things that I have to consider for this project. Here is are some questions I’m asking myself:

  • Should I purchase a premanufactured PC or build my own?
  • If I build, then should I use M$ Media Center Edition 2005 or MythTV?
  • Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon?
  • Use existing hardware from my best PC or buy all new better parts?
  • Black or Silver case?
  • How much is too much?

Here is some hardware I could use from my best PC I currently have:

  • 1 GB PC3200 DDR400 (2 x 512)
  • AMD Athlon 2600+
  • Sony 16x DVD+/-RW Double Layer (Black)
  • ATI HDTV Wonder Remote Edition
  • ATI Radeon 7500 64MB
  • Western Digital Raptor 36GB SATA 10000rpm HDD
  • Western DIgital Caviar 120GB IDE 7200rpm 8MB cache HDD

02/23/2005 | Hardware | Comments

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