Correct SMPS for Home Theatre PC

Cilus · Apr 7, 2011

There are some updates in Video quality playback for the graphics card. The IGP 4250 and HD 5450..these low end cards are just enough to playback Blu ray movies but they are not up to the mark to deliver good image quality, noise and artifact reductuon etc and there are a lot of criteria where these low end cards fail to deliver smooth image quality when post processing shaders are applied. So better spend 4.4K to get a Sapphire HD 5670 card.
If you want details then check the tomshardware Review.

Gaurav Bhattacharjee · Apr 7, 2011

@Cilius I think this will do... :mrgreen:

MegaMind · Apr 7, 2011

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Athlon II X3 440|3200|
Motherboard |Gigabyte M68MT-S2|2300
RAM |G.Skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNQ|1100
HDD |Seagate 500GB 7200.12|1700
BRD |LITE-ON 4X SATA Blu-ray ROM|5800
PSU |FSP Saga II 350W|1400
GPU |Sapphire Radeon HD5670 512MB|4500
Case |CM Elite 310|1500
Monitor |Dell ST2420L|12400
Speakers |Inspire 5.1 T6100|3600
Sound card |Asus Xonar DX|4200|
KB & Mouse |Logitech MK100|500
Total ||42200

Cilus · Apr 7, 2011

mailme.manju and gaurav, both of your suggestions are good. But mailme.manju, I think we can avoid Gigabyte M68MT-S2. It is based on very old chipset and will handicapp the system by not providing a lot of features like Advanced Clock Calibration, Core Unlock features and also downgrade the HT linnk to 1.0 from 2.0 when Athlon /Phenom II processors are plugged. Better get a mobo based on 785G chipset or at least 760G chipset.

Gaurav Bhattacharjee · Apr 7, 2011

Cilus said:
mailme.manju and gaurav, both of your suggestions are good. But mailme.manju, I think we can avoid Gigabyte M68MT-S2. It is based on very old chipset and will handicapp the system by not providing a lot of features like Advanced Clock Calibration, Core Unlock features and also downgrade the HT linnk to 1.0 from 2.0 when Athlon /Phenom II processors are plugged. Better get a mobo based on 785G chipset or at least 760G chipset.

So this means that Asus M4A78LT-M LE will be fine from my post.

MegaMind · Apr 7, 2011

^Yep Asus M4A78LT-M LE should do...

snair007in · Apr 7, 2011

WOW...Lots of replies to read. Just got up from sleep 11.20 PM. Shall go nthrough each comments tomorrow. Anyway thanks a lot guys..

Regards

Shibu

Guys, in the questionnaire, i went wrong in Q.12. Actually i need these components:

Graphics Card for Blu Ray,
5.1 Sound Card and
5.1 Speakers,
Blu-Ray drive

vickybat · Apr 8, 2011

Actually i totally agree with cilus in going for lower mid range dedicated gpu instead of igp. Applying video filters for enhanced image quality will greatly benefit from a good gpu. Infact i would say op to go for a 5750 @ 6.4k as its the perfect gpu for htpc purpose. In tomshardware htpc review, they have recommended a 5750 for its superior image quality and ability in dts hd bitstreaming. Read here.

I am editing gaurav's config a bit:

Component | Model | Price

* Optional | LITE-ON 4X SATA Blu-ray ROM |5.8k

Go for this later as blue ray discs are still expensive.

You can reduce the price by going for athlon II x3 440 but i recommend a quad core at a 40k plus budget even if its meant for htpc.

You can even game on this system.

saswat23 · Apr 8, 2011

I dont think WDC Blue 1TB is available in India. Only 500GB Blue is available IMO??

Correct SMPS for Home Theatre PC

Cilus

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Gaurav Bhattacharjee

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MegaMind

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Cilus

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Gaurav Bhattacharjee

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snair007in

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vickybat

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