Guide to Building a HD HTPC (& General-Purpose Desktop PC)
Contents
Contents
- Preface
- Hardware Leaderboard
- Hardware Selection Guide
- CPU and CPU Cooler
- Memory
- Motherboard – Intel Platform
- Motherboard – AMD Platform
- Video Card
- HDD
- PSU
- Case
- Keyboard, Mouse, Remote Controller (under construction)
- Optical Drive (under construction)
- TV Tuner (under construction)
- Sound Card (under construction)
- Intel Processors – An Overview
- P6 Microarchitecture
- Intel NetBurst Microarchitecture
- Intel's Mobile Microarchitecture
- Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Intel's T's or *T's
- Next Generation Microarchitecture 2 (NGMA2)
- AMD Processors – An Overview
- K5 Processor
- K6 Processor
- K7 Processor
- K8 Processor
- K8 Processor Ordering Part Number Description
- Core 2 Motherboards – A Complete List of
- Contents
- Conventions
- Overview of Recent Chipsets for the Intel Platform
- Intel 865 Chipset Motherboards
- Intel 945 Express Chipset Motherboards
- Intel 946 Express Chipset Motherboards
- Intel 975X Express Chipset Motherboards
- Intel 965 Express Chipset Motherboards
- Intel 3 Series Chipset Motherboards
- Intel Eaglelake Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce4 for Intel Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for Intel Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 600i Series Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 700i Series Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA GeForce 7-Series GPU/nForce 630i MCP Chipset Motherboards
- ATI Chipset Motherboards
- SiS Chipset Motherboards
- VIA Chipset Motherboards
- Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Motherboards
- Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Motherboards
- AM2 Motherboards – A Complete List of
- Contents
- Conventions
- Overview of Recent Chipsets for the AMD Platform
- AMD RD480 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RD580 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RD790 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RS480 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RS690 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RS740 Chipset Motherboards
- AMD RS780 Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce3 Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce4 for AMD Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for AMD Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 600a Series Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA nForce 700a Series Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA GeForce 6-Series GPU/nForce4 MCP Chipset Motherboards
- NVIDIA GeForce 7-Series GPU/nForce 630a MCP Chipset Motherboards
- SiS Chipset Motherboards
- ULi Chipset Motherboards
- VIA Chipset Motherboards
- Naming Rules of Motherboards
- ASUS
- DFI
- FOXCONN
- GIGABYTE
- Intel
- MSI
- Intel Platform Overclocking Guide
- Overclocking Guide
- Calculating Memory Frequency
- BSEL Mod for Core 2 Duo E4x00
- Calculating Power Consumption
- AMD Platform Overclocking Guide
- Overclocking Guide
- Calculating Memory Frequency
- Calculating Power Consumption
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600/8500 Video Card List
- GeForce 8600 GTS
- GeForce 8600 GT
- GeForce 8500 GT
- ATI Radeon HD 2600/2400 Video Card List (under construction)
- List of Bandwidth
- CPU Bus
- Memory
- Northbridge to Southbridge
- Peripheral Devices
- Storage
- External Devices
- LAN
- Multimedia