hi ppl thinking of building a Home Theatre PC. What are the specs or graphic card, sound cards, blu ray drive, tv tuner, etc etc. to recommend?? with the present market, which are the best???

this is to build a multimedia pc, with max performance in bluray disc movies, tv watchin etc.

appreciate the advices thanks,.

It would be best if you can state your budget, that way it will be easier for us to recommend.

How about a list of min spec. for HTPC without having hipcup on playing mkv or blue ray movies.

Processor
Motherboard
RAM
HDD
Sound card
Graphic card
Blue ray ROM
Power Supply
Remote control
etc...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....09#post17984809

great link for u... most important ur budget... and what form factor u wana get...

There's one existing thread for HTPC, you could search and ask around here

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=263309&hl=

i can spend alot when it comes to satisfyin my self entertaintment needs, so i guess higher end parts does count.
but more focused on Home Theatre comfort, which are mainly movies, medias, tv


Processor - need advice
Motherboard - *enough to make bluray reading/burning smoothly*
RAM - thinking of 8gb ram?
HDD - 1TB
Sound card - need advice
Graphic card - currently own a radeon hd 5850
Blue ray ROM - 'need advice
Power Supply - need advice
Remote control - need advice
etc...

and for tv tuner, what can we get out the max of it in malaysia?? can we stream national channels? or stream other country's channels??can we catch cable tv?? how does it works??

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Added on March 12, 2010, 10:25 ambump

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Added on March 12, 2010, 11:25 ambump

This post has been edited by robotizer: Mar 12 2010, 11:25 AM