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TADDAA!!!!
This was the finished article! Well from my previous PC build anyway, the new one isn’t much different! I can safely say this PC is brilliant! Now for installing the Operating system. I’ve been a Windows user for over 15 years now, nothing comes close in my experience in terms of ease of use & reliability. This version of Windows (Windows 7) is the latest & is called Home Premium, which is in the middle of the range & suited for Media & everyday use PC’s. I can also transfer this to another PC build if & when I upgrade.
After a quick browse of AV forums, I chose the Addon card for all the TV. I bought this, a Hauppage WinTV HVR4000. It adds freeview & freesat HD capability to any PC capable of doing so.
I replaced the existing case & CPU fans & added much quieter fans. The rotation speed of the case fans are controlled by the motherboard depending on the case temperature, or PWM case fans for the technical. I do have A gaming rig used for when My Nephews come round to play computer games (which isn’t often sadly) I named it W.O.P.R. after the Computer in a film called ‘Wargames’ (My eldest nephew suggested I gave it a name, so I humoured him!) Spec of the Gaming rig is below. Akasa Eclipse 62 Full ATX PC Case. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU, overclocked to 3600Mhz. Gigabyte GA- P35-DS4 Motherboard 2gig Corsair DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 RAM . Sapphire HD4850 Graphics card & Artic Cooling Graphics card cooler. Corsair HX520 Modular power supply. This packed up in March 2010, so I sent it back to Corsair & they replaced it with An HX650! Top company! Pioneer DVR 216 DVD writer. Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB SATAII 7200rpm Caviar Blue Hard Drive. Prolimatech Megahalems Revision B Tower Cooler Windows XP Service pack 3 Operating System. 3 x Nexus 120mm Case Fans for the CPU & Graphics card cooler. The interior of this case is shown below.
To control it, I use the supplied remote control & this wireless media keyboard shown below.
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