Media centre Noob

[tunsa]

Hi folks, looking at building a media center............pretty new to it although have built a few gaming rigs in the past, so just looking for some advice and wisdom from those in the Know.

[vlad]

Welcome to the forums
We are happy to help.

[tunsa]

Thanks Vlad.

looking at getting the Thermaltake 102...........I like shiny things and the thing looks good and the reviews seem great.

I am in a little bit of a double mind about motherboard and CPU..........I am leaning toward

Asus M3A-H-HDMI AM2+ or a Gigabyte M69GM-S2H AM2 ATX All in One M/B with HDMI for Mboard or something like them (any suggestions)

AMD Phenom 8450 Triple Core 2.1GHz AM2+ for a CPU


Ohh yeah and was hoping to use onboard graphics to begin with??

Open for opinions

[vlad]

What TV panel do you have?

[tunsa]

32" LCD 1080i HD soniq................will be getting a High Def projector in the new year though.
Actually been looking at the Palit 9600 GT if I should get Vid card, was only trying to keep noise down with On board graphics,

[vlad]

Originally Posted by tunsa

32" LCD 1080i HD soniq................will be getting a High Def projector in the new year though.
Actually been looking at the Palit 9600 GT if I should get Vid card, was only trying to keep noise down with On board graphics,

I think you will be OK with on-board for non-1080p system, later you can get a dedicated card if choose to upgrade your TV.

[tunsa]

Thanks Vlad.