what's going on?

[Pogle]

yeah I know but that's my opinion, she just hasn't brought up the subject yet... yet

Wait til you're at the family wedding - oh boy are you for it
All those relatives asking when you'll be tying the knot.
You wont stand a chance

[chef]

Wait til you're at the family wedding - oh boy are you for it
All those relatives asking when you'll be tying the knot.
You wont stand a chance

been there done that last year in March when my younger brother got married, luckily she wasnt there then, she couldnt get time off work

[doodab]

I think what I was trying to get across is the facility of the additional graphics card to upsample from DVDs, whereby there will not be much of a comparitive change on blu-ray, the advantage is clearer on simple dvd quality. You won't get the same facility regarding dvd on an inbuilt graphics card.

The integrated graphics in the these chips does DVD upscaling as well as bluray playback.

[chef]

The integrated graphics in the these chips does DVD upscaling as well as bluray playback.

I've spent a lot of billable hours researching into this, i'm confident that it's the best "fast, quiet, htpc" that money can buy right now given my requirements of full HD, the odd game (we're talking WoW not Modern Warfare), silence is extremely important, a large 2nd HDD for Recorded TV and a quick boot time (hence the SSD) packaged in a case that's simple and stylish (well in the last point it seems the crowd and I disagree) and therefore the form factor of hte motherboard is matx or smaller. USB 3 and any future proofing must also be a requirement.

Given these requirements and a budget of say £2k to buy it all right now, I'd happily listen to any adjustments. I'd also be interested in seeing how you would spend norrahe's 3.5k on the same setup.. other than having 2xthe world most expensive SSD's I can't see hwo the extra 1.5k can be spent sensibly with noticeable benefit.

[cailin maith]

I'd like to just say... ye are all geeks, if ye can't hear it properly, turn the telly up

CM's Top Technical Tip of the Day!

[chef]

I'd like to just say... ye are all geeks, if ye can't hear it properly, turn the telly up

CM's Top Technical Tip of the Day!

gf chef's top tip of the day

gf chef: did you know that if you press just 3 buttons at the same time the computer fixes almost all problems
chef: err i think i might know but go on what is it?
gf chef: <looking very smug that she might be able to teach something IT to her bf> well everyone at work are very impressed that i know this and it fixes almost all problems, you press CNTRL, ALT ..
chef: DEL ?
gf chef: YES !!! you know it aswell, it's great isn't it?
chef: ahh but is it plugged in?
gf chef: what
chef: doesn;t matter, yes that's very good, it is a well known fix, im impressed <thinking >

[cailin maith]

gf chef's top tip of the day

gf chef: did you know that if you press just 3 buttons at the same time the computer fixes almost all problems
chef: err i think i might know but go on what is it?
gf chef: <looking very smug that she might be able to teach something IT to her bf> well everyone at work are very impressed that i know this and it fixes almost all problems, you press CNTRL, ALT ..
chef: DEL ?
gf chef: YES !!! you know it aswell, it's great isn't it?
chef: ahh but is it plugged in?
gf chef: what
chef: doesn;t matter, yes that's very good, it is a well known fix, im impressed <thinking >

Love it!!