Nope. It's OEM, so you must purchase it with hardware. Do you have a remote for MCE yet?
Andy
Andy
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Noobs HTPC specs - any advice/comments?
I finally purchased the rest of my stuff for the HTPC.
Case - FICA Ice Cube VL67
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800MHz
Hard Drive - Maxtor 200GB 8MB Cache
Video Card - GeForce FX5600 Ultra 128MB 8X AGP Video Card
RAM - 512MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory
DVD Burner - I/O Magic 16x Dual Layer/Dual Format DVD Burner
PVR Card - Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 MCE
I'm gonna use MS Win XP MCE 2005 as the OS but the last place I tried to buy it from insists that you purchase it w/hardware. Does anyone know where I could buy it w/o having to purchase any hardware since I pretty much have all I need?
Thanks!
Any comments or suggestions for eventual replacements are welcome, and greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!
Case - FICA Ice Cube VL67
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800MHz
Hard Drive - Maxtor 200GB 8MB Cache
Video Card - GeForce FX5600 Ultra 128MB 8X AGP Video Card
RAM - 512MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory
DVD Burner - I/O Magic 16x Dual Layer/Dual Format DVD Burner
PVR Card - Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 MCE
I'm gonna use MS Win XP MCE 2005 as the OS but the last place I tried to buy it from insists that you purchase it w/hardware. Does anyone know where I could buy it w/o having to purchase any hardware since I pretty much have all I need?
Thanks!
Any comments or suggestions for eventual replacements are welcome, and greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!
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Yep, it's a piece of hardware after all. Just make sure you get a remote that includes the IR receiver.
Andy
Just make sure you get a remote that includes the IR receiver.Andy
i ordered it from comp-u-plus
i found them from doing a search on froogle.com
they had a decent price ($64)
the only downside was that the cheapest shipping they offer is 2-day for $15 so it came out to almost $80.
so far w/o any OS, i'm up to around $600. a lil more than I expected, but I guess not too bad for a first. it's kinda easy to forget how much your spending as a whole when its 70 bucks here, 80 bucks there. it all adds up quick, that's for sure!
i found them from doing a search on froogle.com
they had a decent price ($64)
the only downside was that the cheapest shipping they offer is 2-day for $15 so it came out to almost $80.
so far w/o any OS, i'm up to around $600. a lil more than I expected, but I guess not too bad for a first. it's kinda easy to forget how much your spending as a whole when its 70 bucks here, 80 bucks there. it all adds up quick, that's for sure!
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haha yea I know exactly what you mean there. I havn't been building computers too long maybe 5 years and I still remember building my first one. I was sweating bullets thinking I screwed something up when I first plugged it in, pushed the power button and nothing happened.
just a little tip, never ever used the thermal pads that come with the Heat Sinks, Always get a little vial of artic silver thermal paste.
Other than that take it slow and you should do fine, oh and always RTM it will help with setitng the jumpers and setting up the bios.
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| Originally posted by htxb ....I can just imagine myself thinking "Screw it! I'm gonna go get a Tivo!!" lol |
just a little tip, never ever used the thermal pads that come with the Heat Sinks, Always get a little vial of artic silver thermal paste.
Other than that take it slow and you should do fine, oh and always RTM
it will help with setitng the jumpers and setting up the bios.-Josh
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