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Nice Unit! We're looking at a 60" or 65" Sony (They seem to be the best priced / size at the moment and we can cut down the cost by not paying for Smart TV features, since I now have them all anyway,) as well as a decent Entertainment unit that will fit the centre speaker, amp and PC side my side. Unfortunately I don't think the wall will support a TV mount, I'll need to check if the studs are in a decent spot... In any case the cost blow-out has put that off for a month or two.
The keyboard is the k400r with media buttons. I haven't installed the software yet to make use of them, but the multi-touch Windows 8 gestures all work on the touchpad and it beats cables draped across the floor. The plan is once I get the FLIRC and it’s all up and running to just use the remote and x-box controller and stash the keyboard away except when it's needed.
I left it running last night to download my 350gb-odd Steam Library (my ISP are going to regret not metering that,) When I checked this morning the temp has gone down to 28c on the Motherboard and 35c on the CPU. That’s reading through the MSI Command Centre not the Bios. I’m concerned about the accuracy (it seems too low,) but I would assume it reads it from the same place.
The other concern I’ve got is I’ve had to run the fan connections between the CPU heat sink and the GPU, to get them to the motherboard connections and it’s a tight fit in there. The cables from both the Noctua and the built in fans have some serious insulation on them; does anyone know if this will be an issue?
The other question is about the light. When the system is asleep the power light flashes, I went with MSI over the Asus because it was an issue on the Asus boards, does anyone know if there is a setting to disable this on MSI tech?
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2014-02-20, 10:18
(This post was last modified: 2014-02-20, 11:14 by blossom24.)
That's the same keyboard I have...
And are they JBL speakers?? I have the same main front speakers (MRV310). Mine are about 17 years old now... and ready for speaker heaven!! The rubber between the speaker box and cone has disintegrated so I now get extra sound that I would rather not have. So I won't be buying JBL again as I have been told this is common with JBL speakers.
Hoping to update the audio part of my system this year!!!
How are your speakers?
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The wall that you plan to attach the TV to, is it the party wall between you and your neighbour?
If it is, there may not be studs in the wall... could be plaster attached to a brick/masonary wall. If it is, then you will have to check what type of material it is... if it is the lightweight hebel block, the tv may just pull out of the wall.
Then if you are renting... get the ok from the landlord (yes I know, you already thought of that)
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Its definitely a studded wall; I stuck in a plaster hook to get the painting up. The only issue is its fairly cheaply put together and I don't know how much weight it will take. Fortunately we own, so it only becomes a problem if we inadvertently put a window into our neighbours living room.
Had a bit of a play with the FLIRC and the harmony remote this evening; I can only get the Harmony working through the web app, not the desktop one sadly and although it works really well with the TV and the amp; the delay between inputs makes it useless for XBMC. I'm going to do a bit of research and see if it's something that's easily rectified, but I suspect I'll need a better option (Bluetooth/IR PS3 remote might be worth a try.) I really want to find an easy way to control everything from 1 remote and have a magic one-button-start-all solution.