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PC Projects:
Media Center PC - test platform
Parts:
PELE - Front view pele front view door closed pele front view door open 1 pele front view door open 2 pele front view 5.25 bay closeup
PELE - Side view pele side view pele side view interior pele board view 1 pele broad view 2
PELE - Rear view pele rear view pele rear view      

 

Media Center PC - Rich's proposed final version
Parts:
  • case = SilverStone LC03V HTPC case
  • power supply = 400W silent w/120mm exhaust fan
  • motherboard = ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe
  • Video card - ATI 9600
  • Tuner card - Hauppauge PVR-250MCE
  • CPU = P4 Prescott 2.8GHz
  • cooling = 2 CPU radiator 60mm fans for Silverstone SST-NT01; 1 bottom intake case 80mm fan; 1 rear exhaust 60mm fan
  • disk drives = 1-40GB system drive; 2-120GB data drive
  • DVD drive = DVD Writer w/media card reader {future}
  • DVD drive = TDK DVD writer
Silverstone LC03V Silver lc03 front lc03 front-right lc03 front-left lc03 front doors closed
  lc03 rear lc03 side front lc03 top open  
Views of build process lc03 unboxed lc03 front-right lc03 power supply lc03 PS and fan installed
lc03 motherboard 1 lc03 motherboard 2 lc03 installed 1 lc03 installed 3 lc03 installed 2

 

Media Center PC - Eton's version
Parts:
  • Case: Ahanix D4 HTPC case (silver) w/ 350 Watt, 2x 60m fans
  • MB: ASUS P4PE (Socket 478, 533 MHz FSB, 10/100 LAN, ATA133, SATA, IEEE 1394, S/PDIF out, 5.1 channel Sound)
  • Belkin 802.11g PCI network card
  • CPU: P4 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 2x512 MB, PC 2700
  • Video: Diamond Stealth Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB
  • Tuner: 1x Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 250, and 1X PVR 250 MCE
  • Hard drives: 1x Western Digital 40 GB ATA 133, 2x W.D. 200 GB SATA (set up as Raid 0)
  • DVD Drive: 1 Sony DVD+-RW
DVINE - Ahanix D4 Silver dvine front dvine rear dvine base dvine open 1 dvine open 2
  dvine on shelf dvine MCE dvine MCE TV Guide dvine bluetooth keyboard and mouse  



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