User:Matt4914

My setup is designed for a college dorm room--Ive yet to test in in its final environment and will update this page as I do and as I get things to work. The goal was a low-cost (~$400 USD) hybrid that could be expandable/upgradable as more cash becomes available and as I understand linux and LinuxMCE more and more.

Basic network setup:

College/Home Network---Cat5---Hybrid

                                                              > NIC1 (External Network)
                                                              > NIC2 (Internal Network)
                                                                                ----Macbook Pro/Windows laptops
                                                                                ----Any other ethernet devices

Hybrid Specs: NVidia 9400 GT 512 MB DDR2 PCIEx16 Graphics Card BIOSTAR TA790GX XE AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard NMediaPC HTPC 5000B Micro ATX Media Center Case AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Cheap Dynex NIC (Realtek chip)

Other: Ill be purchasing a 20-24 inch monitor soon and will let you know how its working. Im also hoping to use an old PDA as a remote.