Computer Tech Questions... Home Theater?

Question

I'm looking to build a Home Theater cpu; bare with me, I don't know much about computers. I have an AMD Athlon XP 3200 2.2 Ghz 400FSB 512K XP3200 processor, which I believe is a Socket A. I've been told this should be plenty for anything I want to do, but I don't know what else I should try to get? This is my idea of what I'd like to do (and feel free to offer suggestions that might be better)

- Plenty of hard drive space, I was looking at a tower with 6 3.5 internal drive bays (that's where the hard drives go right?)
- I want to be able to record TV (as well as having the option of pausing live TV)
- Eventually, I plan to hook this computer up to a projector and a receiver for surround sound capabillities
- IMy music collection will be on there, but I'm not as concerned with the quality in that area, I plan on focusing on video quality (playback and recording)

I'm saving up the money to buy the computer, so I'm buying it in pieces... where do I start? Where should I alter my goals?

Answer 1

Looks like you'll need, an SLi graphics card setup for your video cards, that's hooking two of the same SLi (NVida) cards in tandem on the mobo, unfortunately, a socket A mobo will not support this. So, the best you can do is get a 512Mb AGP card or a 256Mb PCI card :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814141026

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133007

If your mobo has on-board video, you'll have to disable it before using a expansion video card. Load the drivers for the new card first, disable the on-board video, turn the computer off and unplug it, ground yourself and install the new card, plug in the computer and turn the computer back on.

A new sound card is also needed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829120103

The install should be the same as the video card. Also, load up the memory.

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