I have no idea so in simple terms is this a good buy???
Case:
SilverStone LC17 HTPC Case, ATX (Black)
Screen:
1 x BenQ FP91G 19" LCD (4:3 aspect)
OS:
Windows 7 (OEM) - I'm shipping with a legitimate OEM license of Win 7.
Mainboard:
Intel DG41TY Mainboard (microATX (9.60 inches by 8.60 inches)
8 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x serial port header
4 x Serial ATA IDE interfaces
1 x Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
1 x diskette drive interface
2 x PS/2 (keyboard & mouse)
1 x PCIe x 16
2 x PCI
Chipset:
Intel G41 Express Chipset
Processor:
Intel Pentium E5300 (Dual Core, 2.6GHz, 2M L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Memory:
2 GB (DDR2, PC2 6400, 800MHz, 5-6-6, Value Series, OCZ Manufactured Chips)
)
Hard Drives:
1 x 500 GB (Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, SATA2)
This is configurated as a single NTFS partition
with Windows 7 installed on it (C: drive)
4 x 640 GB (Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, SATA2)
These are mounted on an Adaptec Raid Controller (4 port)
in a RAID 1 + 0 configuration - I have it mounted in Windows
as a 1.5 TB NTFS partition for data storage (D: drive)
Audio:
Realtek ALC888VC, On-board, 6-channel, 5.1
Speakders:
Logitech Z 5300 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System
Video Intel X4500 (On-board, VGA/DVI, Supports HD and Blue Ray playback according to Intel's website)
nVida GeForce 7100 (in the PCIe slot, VGA/DVI/TV)
LAN:
Gigabit (Realtek RTL 8111D), On-board
Wifi:
Wireless G (802.11g, 54Mbps), D-Link DWA-510 (in the PCI slot)
Optical Drive:
LG 16x DVD-RW (IDE)
Cooling:
1 x Intel CPU Fan
4 x 80mm Case Fans
Keyboard:
Microsoft Media Centre Keyboard
Remote:
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Control & IR Receiver
Cables (Lots of them):
3 x Power
1 x Power board
1 x TV/SVid
1 x Cat 5e LAN Patch
1 x DVI
???good buy or not
thanks
Not than i am an expert , but it is only a good buy, if it does what you want. If you only want to use ms word, and check emails, it seems overkill. But if you want to use it to run a rocket ship into out of space it probably isnt going to cut the mustard. Tell people how and what progams you want to run, may help ingetting a better answer.
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You've not mentioned the price.
But looks like an old shonky piece of second hand crap to me. 19 inch monitor ? 2009 graphics card ? 2 Gb RAM ?
Not mentioned what your would like to use it for either.
If you're getting it for $250, its a maybe.
New good gear with a warranty is pretty cheap these days.
Looks like it's second hand, how much is it and as said above what do you want to do with it? In today's terms that's a low end system cpu/ram/gfx spec wise. Bear in mind you could go into JB or HN etc and buy a core i7 laptop for $1000 that will smoke that thing sideways in terms of performance, something to consider.
It's missing the firewall. I've got one off an old commodore that would pretty much bolt straight onto that rig. $50 ono
Based on the specs, I think it has been used as a home theatre/media centre PC. I have something similar, but without the multiple hard drives.
I can tell you that the case cost me $135 (without a power supply) about a week ago.
Given that it has a media centre case, an Nvidia video card with Svideo output, it suggests it has been used as a media centre PC, but I am not sure why they have gone with an Adaptec Raid card, unless they really want to make sure they don't lose any recordings.
As other people have said, what do you want to use it for, and how much is it?
TBH... no it's not.
For $200 maybe.
It's not even adequate for an HTPC... I recently built one...
Runs silent...
Intel Core i5 2500T.. (hard to find CPU)
GTX 550 Ti
SilverStone SG06
SSD + 3TB HDD
...$600
If you want something a little portable try: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/150666281630
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easier to watch a bl00dy video.
I don't have enought time to watch more than 3hrs a week of telly, don't understand all this gotta have the latest and greatest stuff.
Like all my mates taking the p1ss as i didn't get a HD recorder and used video. now alll their $1000 HD recorders are obsolete and you can plug in a $30 USB stick into the digital TV. 
, 200GB/m no TV antenna.
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RE XBMC it's pretty good no doubt, but it still requires a 'media player' be it a PC or whatever concoction you have it installed on. I got over all that stuff, best thing I ever did was go out and buy a Western digital TV-live and a NAS. The NAS just sits silently plugged into my router with a ****load of storage and the WD tv-live is a 10*10*2cm box connected to the tv/network, optical sound, full 1080P output over HDMI, plays anything, even .mkv, subtitles, you name it. You can even plug in a usb key or a portable HD. No more computers running 24/7 or other streaming devices etc...and all for $100 from JB, freaking boss!
Also a word of warning for anyone looking to buy devices that stream/play stuff over a network to a tv. Be very careful, Sony have now starting pimping Cinavia DRM technology pretty hard in their movie releases and no doubt it will spread. I was watching a movie I *cough* rented *cough* a while back, streaming it to my tv via the PS3 and it stopped playing after about 2 min due to copyright violation. So basically no matter what source you get a cinavia DRM movie from, if you play it on a device with Cinavia DRM enabled (ps3 is probably the most well know currently) it won't play. The hook is that Sony who owns the blueray patent will not let companies license blueray for their devices unless their hardware includes ways to implement Cinavia, hence stop you playing illegal stuff.
The technology/idea behind it is genius because you can't currently get rid of it and there are very few work arounds; I was actually very impressed they came up with something so definitive. WD tv-live is immune as it doesn't posses the hardware to do it (one of the reasons I bought it) but HEAPS of the new media streaming devices do have the hardware (some of the WD live models as well) so if you're into *cough* renting *cough* do your research before buying anything.
I do some heavy 3d graphics and Cad work for a living, I used to be a walking talking toms hardware, but you only need to be happy with the machine you have for a small while before all your info is obsolete.
I built the one I use now using only quality parts, its nearly 4 years old now, hasnt crashed once and runs all the polygons I need, I paid about 2k for it, these days I can triple the specs for less than 1k. Do I need it? not at all.
I troll whirlpool forums these days because people are always upgrading, and selling gear that suits my system, I just got 8 gig of heavy gaming ram for the price of postage.
I dont know whether to laugh or cry but so many people associate fast downloads with computer specs, when most of the time its their craphole connection, not so much these days though, every one has adsl1 at least however the confusion is still there and exploited by the seller
If you want to go down the media box... PopCorn Hour are pretty good... the Mrs got my hand me down.
The WD live is good for the price, but still not capable of high bit rate 1080p; I think it uses the same chipset as the older generation Popcorn hours... I like the flexibility of an HTPC, but setting it up properly with DTS MA, DolbyTrue HD pass through, splitters, demuxers, codecs and all the other things I imagine could be daunting.
I use a Logitech Dinovo mini + Harmony one to control the whole thing.
