2011-04-04, 04:52
Morning , Ok I’m new to the HTPC world, as I have been running a PS3 to do most my media until now, I wish to replace it with a Media PC that can do 1080P with True HD audio and DTS.
Not looking at playing games just stream Videos of a raid system in another room via Cat5. I have read allot about HDMI on PCs doing 1080p and Audio, I think I have confused myself more. Is there going to be a difference in audio on a HTPC with HDMI compared to a PS3 or Blueray player.
My Amp is a Marantz 7001. And I currently run 7.1 speakers. The ps3 was outputting via HDMI to the amp and amp to 1080p project via HDMI too. The replacement box I am looking at building will be as follows.
Antec ISK 300 Case
Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 M/Board (unless there is a replacement)
Intel I3 540 3.06Ghz CPU (as it should handle the GPU)
4 G Ram – might get away with 2.
Ill install windows 7 and XBMC will be used as main software.
Any ideas and help regarding this would be great. Hope this all makes sense.
Cheers
Dixxion
Not looking at playing games just stream Videos of a raid system in another room via Cat5. I have read allot about HDMI on PCs doing 1080p and Audio, I think I have confused myself more. Is there going to be a difference in audio on a HTPC with HDMI compared to a PS3 or Blueray player.
My Amp is a Marantz 7001. And I currently run 7.1 speakers. The ps3 was outputting via HDMI to the amp and amp to 1080p project via HDMI too. The replacement box I am looking at building will be as follows.
Antec ISK 300 Case
Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 M/Board (unless there is a replacement)
Intel I3 540 3.06Ghz CPU (as it should handle the GPU)
4 G Ram – might get away with 2.
Ill install windows 7 and XBMC will be used as main software.
Any ideas and help regarding this would be great. Hope this all makes sense.
Cheers
Dixxion
