Hi There,

Plan to build a HTPC like media center. Below are the spec and price after a visit to lowyat last week. Please comment:

ATHLON X2 4600+ 2.40 AM2 2000 2X1MB RM340.00
Gigabyte MA69G-S3H AMD690G AM2 PCI-E VSL DDR2 RM360.00
Power Logic Casing + Cooler Master Extreme 430W RM210.00
Corsair xms DDR2 800 1G x 2 RM415.00
Seagate 320GB sata HD RM270.00
LOGITECH CORDLESS EX110 KB + MOUSE RM129.00

TOTAL RM1,724.00

I already have a USB type TV Tuner from pixerview, and also LG DVD drive.
Also signed up for the MBF samsung 37" LCD TV promotion, which should arrived in this few days. For those who has received their SAMsung LCD TV, is the HDMI to HDMI cable included? If not, any recommandation for a budget cable? I heard that the quality of a cable is not so important as the signal transmitted is in digital, right?

Here is the review for my seelcted mobo:
http://my.ocworkbench.com/2007/gigabyte/GA-MA69G-S3/g1.htm



Thanks and looking forward any comments.....

Cheers

Hi intothefantasy,

Thanks for your reply,

Since the pricing different of the CPU and ram is not too big, i was trying to get a better performance cpu and ram to prepare for future expension/requirment....hehe

The GPU also build in, so it might need some CPU and Ram power for graphic intensive task...

Hi parsona,

Thanks for your sharing. I'm going to use the 690G mobo as well. So definately I will need your help in the setting up of this mobo. Actually the Asus M2A VM HDMI is my first choice before the Gigabyte MA69G-S3H. But i heard that the raiser card for the HDMI will be utilised the PCI 16x port, so it won't be able to instore a discrete graphic card, right?

By the way, how is the HD playback on your current CPU and Ram setup?

Looking forward for your review on your system which will be a valuable guide for me.

Regards,

Hong