28 July, 2010

HTPC upgrade

Last December the HTPC got a complete makeover, only the case and the PSU were reused. The upgrade was needed to be able to playback HD content. While I was at it, I decided to throw in a Solid State Harddisk. All media is streamed from the server anyway, so there's no need for terabytes of storage on the HTPC.

This is the new setup:
- Greenpower HTPC case GL-1c with VFD display
- ASUS M4A785G HTPC micro ATX mother board, 785G chipset
- 2.8GHz AMD Athlon II X2 240e CPU, socket AM3
- Stock AMD heatsink and cooler
- 2GB memory, Kingston ValueRAM, DDR2, 800MHz, PC2-6400, CL6
- 30GB SSD, OCZ Vertex Turbo Series, 2.5", SATA-300
- Coolermaster PSU 400W
- ASUS BR 04B2T BluRay optical drive, ROM, 4x, Serial ATA, 5.25"
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, English
- Logitech Harmony 655 remote
- MCE USB infrared receiver
- BTC 9029URF III keyboard