Here are some parts I either garbage picked, acquired from family, pulled from my spare parts or purchased online this week cheap :
CASE: COOLER MASTER Elite 360 (39.99 from the egg today)
MOBO: MSI MS-7184 v1.0 (can you say 2005 people?)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ w/Stock HSF (nice & quiet)
RAM: 2GB DDR SDRam PC3200 (System only supports 2GB Max)
Optical: Older OEM HP DVD / CDRW
PSU: ZALMAN ZM500-RS 500 Watts ATX12V (29.99 from the egg today)
HD: OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G + 2X1GB WD SATA II (99.99 from the egg today)
GPU: MSI GeForce 7900GT
Coupling that with a fresh Windows 7 Install how do you think it will perform to play all my mp3's, DVD rips, play Xvid / x.264 up to 720p quality movies over a DVI / VGA cable to my LCD TV and browse the net? I know the mobo / cpu / ram / vid card combo is ancient but I got it for free and want a HTPC.
I am pretty sure I will be using Windows 7 Media Center to play all my mp3's, DVD rips but kinda would like to use my barely used now Ipod touch (2nd Gen) as a remote. Is anyone using their Ipod / Ipad to control Media Center?
Thanks for the advice in advance.
CASE: COOLER MASTER Elite 360 (39.99 from the egg today)
MOBO: MSI MS-7184 v1.0 (can you say 2005 people?)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ w/Stock HSF (nice & quiet)
RAM: 2GB DDR SDRam PC3200 (System only supports 2GB Max)
Optical: Older OEM HP DVD / CDRW
PSU: ZALMAN ZM500-RS 500 Watts ATX12V (29.99 from the egg today)
HD: OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G + 2X1GB WD SATA II (99.99 from the egg today)
GPU: MSI GeForce 7900GT
Coupling that with a fresh Windows 7 Install how do you think it will perform to play all my mp3's, DVD rips, play Xvid / x.264 up to 720p quality movies over a DVI / VGA cable to my LCD TV and browse the net? I know the mobo / cpu / ram / vid card combo is ancient but I got it for free and want a HTPC.
I am pretty sure I will be using Windows 7 Media Center to play all my mp3's, DVD rips but kinda would like to use my barely used now Ipod touch (2nd Gen) as a remote. Is anyone using their Ipod / Ipad to control Media Center?
Thanks for the advice in advance.