Thanks for your advice. I'll try it in my next os installation.

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Added on July 7, 2008, 1:25 am
My slim casing only come with 250W PSU. E6600, G965 mobo, DVDRW, ram 1G x 2, capture card, HDD x 2 work well. Low noise too.
Only that 2 x HDD generated a little bit more heat. Will add some ALU to reduce HDD heat later.

2nd Update on HTPC Project.

1. Silverstone SG-01B Evolution
2. Coolermaster 350W PSU
3. Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H
4. Kingston 1Gb DDR2 RAM 800Mhz - X2
5. AMD 4850e cpu w/ stock HSF
6. WD 500Gb SATA HD Greenpower
7. Lite-On SATA DVD Writer

I completed the installation of VISTA Home Premium on Monday with the latest CATALYST Drivers and klite mega codec pack. Installation was smooth with no hiccups whatsoever Yesterday, I hooked up a HDMI cable to my Sharp 32" LCD TV, and watched a 720p h.264 movie. I must say that I am extremely pleased with the performance of this rig

I am happy to report that I did not detect any stuttering or audio sync issues, and the picture quality blew me away. Definitely money well spent.

where to buy good tv tuner?? can sum1 give recommendation??

vey99, how much u bought this "Hauppage PVR150MCE", comes with microsoft remote rite?

i am lookin for tv tuner, what is the best choice for mce?

after 24 month it's all yours la...... all paid for,,,, total about 3k++

Hi all..i'm planning to build my own htpc.is there any remote control which can be installed into my pc so that i can control my media while it's playing(winamp, mediaplayer etc)

does this hardware exist or i'm kinda too advance here

I downloaded some HD trailers. Surprisingly though, it was stated as 720p, but when I checked, it was less than 720. Somewhere like 1280x539 like that. I use KLM for my HD playback. No problems whatsoever.

You must understand that MKV file uses CPU rather then GPU. My PC fails to playback any 1080p *Pirate MKV Files* clearly as it needs much more powerful PC. I just use 720p as my TV isn't Full HD and I don't need 1080p (after all 720p is good enough).

Your HD TV is pure HD , meaning that your CPU has to output pixel by prefect which takes up more CPU usage. Graphics card isn't doing anything here. Trust me , just press alt+control+delete and notice your CPU usage when you're playing MKV Files

Guys, which player or codec can support GPU decoding on MKV files?

guys, ive been googling all around, and i found a numerous setting on playing the MKV files..
and i tried those settings, which results sometimes ok, sometimes worst than before.

basically im using a VLC to play them, but ive found that the integrated ffdshow does not utilize the dual core..
right now i am tweaking the Media Player Classic Home Cinema with CoreAVC

so i hope u guys can share the most optimized setting here..
my hardware is like the following:

Intel E7200
Biostar TP43-HP
Gainward HD4850GS
Kingston 2GBx2
Dell S2409W 24" 1920x1080 HD

thx in advance and happy new year

hi guyz,
need some advice on tv card which compatible with vista media center.
hauppage pvr150 quite expensive, don have fm receiver sumore..
i need tv card which have fm receiver & compatible with vista media center..
any recommendation?? my budget below rm200 if posible.. thx 

1 more thing,
htpc case.. is there any cheap case can be found/sale at lowyat?
most important can use standard atx power supply..
any recommendation?? my budget below rm300 if posible.. thx 

can u show me the link to the thread selling?
right now im using my wireless keyboard to control media center.. 
much easier using remote instead.. thx