kianwee,

i got that casing from singapore but without the remote as in ur picture. asked a friend to bring it over.

got it for 800rm+ after conversion. it's one hell of a casing

want to ask, can gtx 400 series cards bitstream HD audio / 8ch LPCM?

Nivida has more supporters (Games and such) and ATI has more functionality (Bitstream). Neither would be a bad choice in a HTPC. Iam pretty happy with the 9600M GT in my laptop that iam using as a Part-Time HTPC. Although i wouldn't mind having a 58xx inside my Desktop for actual DD TrueHD / DTS-MA bitstreaming.

Just my dua cent 

I think more and more people are using i3/i5+H55 combo now as they are the best choice so far.

I said problems with 24p playback, not HD audio bitstreaming.

bro, mind telling me wat H55 based mobo u are using?

coz i read the gigabyte H55 mobo, it cant bitstream 3rd generation audio thru HDMI
only DTS, AC3, and LPCM-2Ch
another thing, it cant dual output DVI and HDMI simultaneously...  

do u know which mobo can bitstream and dual output FULL HD via DVI and FULL HD+Bitstream 3rd gen audio thru HDMI simultaneously?

thank you

thank you in advance

but which mobo brand and model u using?

is it all H55-based chipset can bitstream HD audio regardless of wat brand the mobo is?

i searched thru google, it says any H55-based mobo can bitstream

but when i go read the Gigabyte H55-based mobo user manual, it says only support DTS, AC3, and LPCM-2Ch

wow! SSD!!!

so can dual output DVI and HDMI simultaneously?

anyway, the dolby home theater useful?
if using optical or HDMI audio, i think no use rite?

how much u got them??
i mean deliver to door step
btw, mmu should be in exam season now rite?
or u hv graduated??

Hope to get this done in 1 month's time when i move into my newly re-designed room 

Thanks for the suggestion, will look into CM 550W later. Yeah SSD still too expensive to get now, but if only used for Loading OS and Application then i think 40GB is enough but still abit expensive at RM400++ for 40GB. Will see how my budget go when i actually go get the items. For now i can only look and drool looking at accs_center pics 

Bro your plaques are not the LED one right? I saw the LED one was like USD199 per piece.

ops missing "Media" thankx. I believe it came free with the ASUS soundcard 

thank mrbob..
btw...based on the spec, there are 4 RAM slots but 2 diff color convention..can i assume the slots are meant for the same type of RAM?

i have 4 identical 1GB RAM sticks (ddr2 800)...that i got at a very good price...so plan to use it all..

Yesterday, i managed to complete my HTPC setup.
p7h55m-i3-stock hsf(not bad)-2gb ram-1tb ram-powerlogic allegra 500. So evrything working fine, the only thing is. How can i disable the sound from HDMI, just let it go through spdif home theater set.

My humble entry level setup
p7h55m-i3-stock hsf(not bad)-2gb ram-1tb ram-powerlogic allegra 500
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Samsung 40"
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Samsung HT (optical)
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XBMC ( abit headache to personalize) & Boxee (nice online stuff)