hi guys, iam trying to build a new htpc computer for my living room please help mother board: intel g33tl case : m-40 processor : intel quadcore q6600 memory : 2gb pc-6400(4gb total) hard drive : 500gb saegate graphic card: nvidia 8500gt or 8800 gt(still debating)coz motherboard comes with 3100 chip i wanna see if it works with my bluray burning and playback LG burner and samsung dvd burner power supply unit:I Need help i bought 500w psu is ithis enough!!?? lg blurau burner
That depends which 500W unit. 500W unit is ample, but if it's a cheapo 500W unit, it will do anything but 'what it says on the tin' so to speak. For high-def, you need dedicated graphics, so the X3100 is out, but you don't need anything powerful if it's not a games PC, so the 8500GT will suffice.
psu is thermal take pure power 500w so the 8500gt graphic card will be good !!!!!!!???? whatelse i need thank you sam man
A PurePower will do fine, as will the 8500GT for HD video, as I say, provided youi aren't playing games on the system. The rest of the stuff looks good, should be a pretty powerful PC.
how about for games also how much power supply unit i need and graphic cards thanx for the reply it so helpy in hand
which card is good for gaming though ? just curious and power supply unit oh swell ps3 games we can't backup our games !!!!!!!?????
You might be able to back them up with a Bluray recorder, but you'd probably need a hacked PS3 to play them, and you can't play them on your PC.
oh ok i do have bluray burner ihave ps3 ihope they do release firmware for ps3 games to play on pc anyway thankyou now i got an idea i need a bit more juicy graphic card and psu to make a gaming machine!!!
It'll never happen, I'm afraid, the PS3 games require a Cell architecture to run, which a PC doesn't have. For the PSU and GPU, I'd go for a Corsair HX 520W and Radeon HD4870.
Radeon HD4870 its on sale for 200.00 is it worth it u mentioned 520w i don't need 750w or 650w 520w should do it coz i jumped the gun i went and bought 400w and returned it and i got 500w for the same price (0.25cents)hehe please be advice on psu with intel g33tl 4gb ram quadcore q6600 500gb hd bluray burner from lg thankyou
for a HTPC, its best to get an antec fusion case, which come with a very good and quiet(made by seasonic) 380W earthwatts PSU, and for the mobo, a 780G, which is now being replaced by the 790GX AMD microATX mobo, and an e phenom (65W quad/tri cores which are perfect for HTPCs) or any amd athalon X2 BE series, eg Be-2XXX series chips. the onboard GPU will fully encode/decode high def movies, and has an OCed 3450 onboard so a little gaming also get a low profile quiet cooler, IMO a zalman low profile 8700 and a dedicated sound card, the ASUS DX is recommended.
520W is fine, but it has to be a decent brand unit. Thermaltake PurePowers are relatively trustworthy, but not trustworthy enough to use that much power out of them, A Corsair HX 520W can provide the 520 and actually a bit more on top, so it's a perfect PSU to use. The HD4870 is a fabulous gaming GPU, go for it!
