Show Us Your Rig [4]

I believe Gary means what specifically makes it a Media PC? Hardware? Configuration? Programs?

I assume it is just a PC used to serve media to a display, correct?

A Guy

A Guy said:

I believe Gary means what specifically makes it a Media PC? Hardware? Configuration? Programs?

I assume it is just a PC used to serve media to a display, correct?

A Guy

Yes Bill, Media PC's dont need to be very powerful, pretty much any PC can be used as a Media PC.


Edit: It pays to have HDMI on the PC though as obviously this carries sound and makes things a whole lot easier connecting it to the TV.

A Guy said:

I believe Gary means what specifically makes it a Media PC? Hardware? Configuration? Programs?

I assume it is just a PC used to serve media to a display, correct?

A Guy

Yup, exactly Bill. And "serve" I assume is the same as "play on"? Like the net is now "the cloud".

OK so I'm jonesing for pictures of rig's......Show me your rig !

linnemeyerhere said:

OK so I'm jonesing for pictures of rig's......Show me your rig !

This isn't mine Alan, but if you just want one to look at. My HAF X will fit inside this case! It's the new Corsair Obsidian Series 900D Super Tower Computer Case Just imagine, this is a EATX Motherboard with 3 dual slot cards and 2 X 480MM rads in push/pull with 2 huge reservoirs. It has room to spare. Supposed to be released in April.

So this is what I put together for my youngest nephew whom graduated from high school with honors and was admitted into a great school in the US.
A promise is a promise, so I kept my word. Thank god his father took care of the car!!!
It is way too cool of a rig for a 17 year old hardcore gamer. I wish I had something like this when I was his age.
This will buy me the title of best uncle for about three months. I have 5 brothers, so competition is tough!
I tried the rig out playing some Sleeping Dogs (a gift from a very good brit friend ) and Crysis 3 on a 32" monitor. Silk smooth.
I couldn't help it and had to run Unigine Heaven 4.0. Scores like one of my OC'ed 7870s.

Cheers,

J

Specs
i5 3570K
Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3
Sapphire HD 7950 Boost Dual X
2x8GB GSkill Sniper 1866 CL9
Corsair Force GS 180GB
WD Caviar Black 2TB
Corsair H60
Thermaltake TR2 RX750M
Sentey Arvina Plus

Sorry for the late reply Gary The others did a better job of explaining it than i would have anyway :P
A pc in my bedroom would make things a lot easier as to watch any tv in there i have to use a signal sender to send my sky tv upstairs which regularly stops working so i have to go downstairs to change channel which is a right pain in the arse when its freezing cold lol and i don't even watch tv.
Not just that but i'm bored sh##less n need to do something thats not going to cost an arm and a leg as i can't really do much more to my rig. More, larer ssd's needed though

Edit: Very nice Juan. I bet your nephew is buzzin with that. Very nice of you chap

Another great job, Juan. You should be 'Uncle of the Year' for that. Very well done.

essenbe said:

Another great job, Juan. You should be 'Uncle of the Year' for that. Very well done.

Thank you Steve!
At this stage of the game I believe uncle of the year would require nothing less than a Lear Jet.
I'm enjoying the building thing so much that I think everybody I know is going to get rigs as christmas presents, birthday presents, wedding presents, graduation presents... You know what I mean...
Now that the summer is finally over I might get in trouble once again. As the weather grows colder and the days become shorter I have too much time in my hands to think about my next build...