Archive for the 'Home Theater Personal Computer (HTPC)' Category

Processor Cooler/fan for a HTPC

Monday, March 7th, 2005

To keep the sound level of our computer down you might want to consider replacing a fan based cooler with a fanless version. The danger in this is that the CPU might overheat and your computer will get damaged. Of course since we are using a low power CPU the danger would be minimized.

There […]

Motherboard for a HTPC

Monday, March 7th, 2005

For a HTPC we’ll want something that isn’t too fancy but give you some flexibility in adding things like a TV tuner card, multiple drives and USB peripherals.

We’ll pair up our Celeron processor with the DFI 848P-AL (B0002S7LE8). This motherboard features support for P4 and Celeron processors, onboard LAN, 6 channel onboard audio, […]

Memory (RAM) for a HTPC

Monday, March 7th, 2005

You should shoot for memory between 256 MB and 512 MB. Having more memory will let you run more programs at once. Let’s say you want to watch a movie, while recording a TV show and crunching some numbers. You’ll definitely want 512 MB (B00008AYBE). If you’re content running just one thing at a time, […]