Santilli
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Hi
I'm considering creating a home PC out of the following system:
GA-K8N Pro- SLI F7
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
2 gigs ram
XP Pro Service Pack 3
10K SCSI 147 gig boot
Radeon X850XT video card
2 NEC DVD 3540A
Linksys Wirless-G PCI adapter
Connecting to a Yamaha RX-995 and A Panasonic 32” TV with S-video and standard old style cable connections only.
What would I need, besides probably a new video card, and which one, to convert this to a HTPC?
Thanks
GS
Specs:
Processor - Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon64 X2/ 64 FX/ 64
Chipset - NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MCPs (media and communication processors)
Integrated peripherials
1. T.I. IEEE1394b controller
2. CICADA8201 Gigabit LAN PHY chip
3. Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec
Memory
1. Type: Dual channel DDR400/ 333/ 266 -184pin
2. Max capacity: Up to 4GB by 4 DIMM slots
Internal I/O Connectors
1. 4 X Serial ATA || connectors (3.0Gb/s)
2. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
3. 1 x FDD connector
4. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 6 ports)
5. 2 x IEEE 1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
6. 3 x cooling fan pin headers
7. CD in
Expansion Slots
1. 2 x PCI-Express X 16 slot, supports two PCI-Express interface Graphics cards with SLI mode
2. 2 x PCI-Express X 1 slots
3. 2 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2. 1 x RJ45 port
3. Audio (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC) connector
4. Coaxial S/PDIF input/ output function
5. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
6. 1 x COM port
7. 1 x LPT
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
1. CPU HT / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
2. PCI-ExpessX16 Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
3. DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
Power
1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
2. Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch
Form Factor
1. ATX form factor
2. 30.5 x 24.4 cm
H/W Monitoring
1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
2. Hardware detecting and reporting for case open, CPU voltage, and fan speed
BIOS
1. 2 X 4M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS
Other Features
1. NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support
2. Support NVIDIA Firewall
3. Norton Internet Security
4. Download Center
5. XpressTM Installation
6. XpressTM Recovery
7. Q-FlashTM
8. @BIOSTM
I'm considering creating a home PC out of the following system:
GA-K8N Pro- SLI F7
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
2 gigs ram
XP Pro Service Pack 3
10K SCSI 147 gig boot
Radeon X850XT video card
2 NEC DVD 3540A
Linksys Wirless-G PCI adapter
Connecting to a Yamaha RX-995 and A Panasonic 32” TV with S-video and standard old style cable connections only.
What would I need, besides probably a new video card, and which one, to convert this to a HTPC?
Thanks
GS
Specs:
Processor - Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon64 X2/ 64 FX/ 64
Chipset - NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MCPs (media and communication processors)
Integrated peripherials
1. T.I. IEEE1394b controller
2. CICADA8201 Gigabit LAN PHY chip
3. Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec
Memory
1. Type: Dual channel DDR400/ 333/ 266 -184pin
2. Max capacity: Up to 4GB by 4 DIMM slots
Internal I/O Connectors
1. 4 X Serial ATA || connectors (3.0Gb/s)
2. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
3. 1 x FDD connector
4. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 6 ports)
5. 2 x IEEE 1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
6. 3 x cooling fan pin headers
7. CD in
Expansion Slots
1. 2 x PCI-Express X 16 slot, supports two PCI-Express interface Graphics cards with SLI mode
2. 2 x PCI-Express X 1 slots
3. 2 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2. 1 x RJ45 port
3. Audio (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC) connector
4. Coaxial S/PDIF input/ output function
5. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
6. 1 x COM port
7. 1 x LPT
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
1. CPU HT / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
2. PCI-ExpessX16 Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
3. DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
Power
1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
2. Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch
Form Factor
1. ATX form factor
2. 30.5 x 24.4 cm
H/W Monitoring
1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
2. Hardware detecting and reporting for case open, CPU voltage, and fan speed
BIOS
1. 2 X 4M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS
Other Features
1. NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support
2. Support NVIDIA Firewall
3. Norton Internet Security
4. Download Center
5. XpressTM Installation
6. XpressTM Recovery
7. Q-FlashTM
8. @BIOSTM