Vintage HTPC

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

I decided to build myself an HTPC for movies only since my laptop is able to play games.

CASE: Aerocool Qx-2000
PSU: @-power 430w
MOTHERBOARD: Foxconn-WinFast K8S760MG
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ socket 754
CPU COOLING: Cooler Master Vortex 752
MEMORY: 1.5gig DDR400-PC3200 (Random brand)
GRAPHIC: Onboard SiS Graphic 128megs
HDD: 1.5T WesternDigital Green 64megs cache WD15EARS
ODD: DVD-RW LG GH22NS70

It was cheap to build...around 200$ but 115$ for the case only so the other parts were almost a steal.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 16, 2012

Cool build. Thinking of doing a htpc myself.

brandonwh64 · Feb 16, 2012

A single core is OK but may not be good enough for full 1080P streaming. The FX5200 will choke quite badly! I just had a AMD 4200+ with Biostar TF7050-A2 (Has Nvidia 7050 256MB onboard) and it stuttered with 1080P youtube and hulu quite badly.

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

I will take a look soon but nevermind the GPU I removed it yesterday it was giving me BSOD. I'm back at onboard until I find a deal on older AGP.

Luciel · Feb 16, 2012

really not sure if there´s anything in AGP that will do full hd, but get any agp card and you should be ok for normal avi videos

insane 360 · Feb 16, 2012

agp you should be able to pick up a HD4650 still. thats the best agp out there (i know the hd3850 is a touch faster, but the 4650 is cooler and uses less power at nearly the same speed)

i had a hd2400xt agp in my old htpc, it would do everything but accelerate flash and silverlight...but local 1080p content, it would do without breaking a sweat.

the hd4650 will give you flash and hdmi port usually!

TRWOV · Feb 16, 2012

Nice build there although I think it will get old pretty fast with that old single core.

I also second the 4650. I had one in my HTPC and later upgraded to a 4670 but that was for the blower style cooler that the 4670 has not because I needed more power.

My HTPC:

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

This HTPC is for movie storing only and IMO it's already old. Since it will be forever movies I don't need to upgrade more. My LED TV is having a VGA port so I'll plug it in and just go along with it after testing the resolutions.

brandonwh64 · Feb 16, 2012

Honestly, a AM2 dual core and some type of low level video card would be perfect.

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

Look at the socket before even posting. I'm pretty sure they never made Dual Cores with Socket 754 !! I could be wrong but if you find one just tell me!

insane 360 · Feb 16, 2012

well if no hd content, then your build will be great...now you would need to make sure you use a front end that isn't very graphical...i couldn't help you there.

but if you want like xbmc or something similar, then pretty much any agp card will be fine, if you ever wanted to watch hd content on the pc you need to get at least a hd2400pro or better from ati as nvidia never made an 8x00 series for agp

would like to see what you do with it though!

brandonwh64 · Feb 16, 2012

Krazy Owl said:
Look at the socket before even posting. I'm pretty sure they never made Dual Cores with Socket 754 !! I could be wrong but if you find one just tell me!

Not talking about that, Im talking AM2

If you would have reread my post you would see AM2

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

Yes but I won't put an AM2 the setup is already built. Everything is ready and already working!

brandonwh64 · Feb 16, 2012

Krazy Owl said:
Yes but I won't put an AM2 the setup is already built. Everything is ready and already working!

You may be able to run 1080p with a X1950XT?

insane 360 · Feb 16, 2012

what front end/media player are you going to use to playback all your media.

always nice when you can reuse old hardware

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

I would play .AVI on my hdd and eternal hdd also normal DVD movies in my dvd drive using VideoLan.

BTW anyone ever heard of @-power brand?

TRWOV · Feb 16, 2012

I think XBMC would work fine with your setup

Krazy Owl · Feb 16, 2012

VideoLan always worked fine with older hardware even on the P3 800 I've built for my little cousin.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 16, 2012

Are you still in need of a agp card for it?

Krazy Owl · Feb 17, 2012

I don't think so. Anyway I don't own a Paypal account neither so I won't b able to buy from you guys

The onboard will be fine!

insane 360 · Feb 19, 2012

awesome, vlan is a versatile little media player, glad your setup is working out for you! always great to hookup a pc to a tv

Krazy Owl · Feb 20, 2012

Working fine ! Rolling it at 1280X1024 is good enough. I setted the IGP at 128 megs 200mhz/200mhz in the bios.

System Name	HTPC-Cube
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 skt754 3200+ 1M cache
Motherboard	Foxconn Winfast K8S760MG-6LRS
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2 gigs DDR400
Video Card(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 AGP 1gig DDR3
Storage	White label 80gigs sata
Display(s)	Polaroid 19 inches 1366X768 LED
Case	Chenming cube
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Raidmax RX-500S
Software	Seven Pro 64bits

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	HTPC-Cube
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 skt754 3200+ 1M cache
Motherboard	Foxconn Winfast K8S760MG-6LRS
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2 gigs DDR400
Video Card(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 AGP 1gig DDR3
Storage	White label 80gigs sata
Display(s)	Polaroid 19 inches 1366X768 LED
Case	Chenming cube
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Raidmax RX-500S
Software	Seven Pro 64bits

System Name	dell beast
Processor	dual Xeon x5675
Motherboard	dell t7500
Cooling	stock
Memory	48gb ecc ddr3
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7870 Myst 2gb
Storage	2tb hpe ssd
Display(s)	asus 23.8" 1080p
Case	t7500
Audio Device(s)	XFI soundblaster
Power Supply	1200watt dell
Mouse	logitech
Keyboard	logitech
Software	win10x64

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

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