User:Ray N
Background
I'm a Professional Engineer with a 1999 undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. Born and raised in beautiful Puerto Rico (http://welcome.topuertorico.org/index.shtml). Started getting involved with LinuxMCE in March 2009. I have development history in hardware and software.
LinuxMCE is used in our house primarily for media (recorded TV, videos and music).
This is my original shopping list from March 2009.
| Item | Cost | Description | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | $58.99 | hec Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7KJ9 Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case - Retail | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121068 |
| CPU | $78.00 | AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300 |
| Motherboard | $89.99 | ASUS M3N78-EM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8300 HDMI Micro ATX AMD | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131354 |
| RAM | $22.99 | Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104012 |
| Hard Drive | $34.99 | Western Digital Caviar Blue WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822135106 |
| BluRay Player | $99.99 | LITE-ON Black 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal 6X Blu-Ray DVD ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model iHES106-29 - OEM | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106270 |
| TV Capture | $159.99 | SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network-based Dual Digital HDTV Tuner Ethernet Interface | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815327005 |
| 2nd NIC | $19.99 | Rosewill RC-401-EX 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express Gigabit Low Profile Network Card 1 x RJ45 - Retail | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166015 |
| Transceiver | $55.00 | USB UIRT | http://www.usbuirt.com/order.htm |
| Remote | $80.83 | Gyration GYR3101US Universal Infrared / RF Remote Control | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880105001&Tpk=gyration |
| Sound Card | --- | Realtek ALC1200 - 8 Channels | In MoBo |
| Graphics card | --- | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 | In MoBo |
| Thermal Compound | $5.99 | Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007 |
| LinuxMCE | FREE!!! | Woooohooo! | http://www.linuxmce.com/ |
Total: $711.74 Did not include shipping and handling.
Setup
Core/Hybrid
Will be adding more to the page as time permits.
Other stuff
- Had to purchase a powerline networking adapter because of the location of the system.
Plans
- To actively contribute to the LinuxMCE community and progress;