{"id":882,"date":"2009-10-31T18:23:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2011-06-27T09:02:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T07:02:06","slug":"htpc-my-e5300-home-theater-computer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/my-hardware\/htpc-my-e5300-home-theater-computer","title":{"rendered":"HTPC: My E5300 home theater computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago I started my own\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Home_theater_PC#iframe\">HTPC<\/a> <\/strong>project and I built my first system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"messageBox info icon\"><span>A\u00a0<strong>Home Theater PC<\/strong> (<strong>HTPC<\/strong>) or\u00a0<strong>Media Center<\/strong> appliance is a\u00a0convergence device that combines some or all the capabilities of a\u00a0personal computer with a software application that supports video, photo, and music playback, and sometimes\u00a0digital video recorder and\u00a0time shifting functionality.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Recently I upgraded my <strong>HTPC <\/strong>sitting in my living room. For the upgrade of the motherboard, cpu, memory, wlan and video card I payed around \u20ac 215. I re-used the hard-disk, power supply and the case. I installed <strong>Windows 7<\/strong> as operating system. Windows 7 runs smoother and better after I upgraded the new hardware components.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_3.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"The purchase\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_3-250x150.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" alt=\"The purchase\" \/><\/a>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asus.com\/Motherboards\/Intel_Socket_775\/P5KPLAM#iframe\">Asus P5KPL-AM<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel\u00ae Core\u21222 Quad Ready<\/li>\n<li>Intel\u00ae 45nm CPU Ready<\/li>\n<li>FSB 1600(O.C.)\/1333\/1066\/800 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Intel\u00ae G31\/ICH7<\/li>\n<li>Dual channel DDR2 1066(O.C.)\/800\/667<\/li>\n<li>EZ Flash2 &amp; CrashFree BIOS3<\/li>\n<li>8 Channel High Definition Audio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Intel\u00ae Pentium\u00ae Processor for Desktop E5300<\/strong><\/h3>\n<form id=\"aspnetForm\" action=\"http:\/\/ark.intel.com\/Product.aspx?id=35300\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"arkContent\">\n<div class=\"leftColumnLarge section\">\n<div class=\"oneThird\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>CPU Speed 2.6Ghz 45 nm<\/li>\n<li>Busspeed 800Mhz<\/li>\n<li>L2 Cache Size 2MB<\/li>\n<li>Thermal Design Power 65W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"oneThird\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksysbycisco.com\/US\/en\/products\/WMP54G#iframe\">LinkSys WMP54G<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"oneThird\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Operates in the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum with throughput of up to 54 Mbps<\/li>\n<li>Complies with IEEE 802.11g draft standards, and backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11b products<\/li>\n<li>Supports up to 128-bit WEP encryption and WPA security<\/li>\n<li>32-bit PCI Interface<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with Windows 98SE, Millennium, 2000, XP and\u00a0Windows 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oneThird\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_4.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"Linksys Wifi\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_4-250x150.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Linksys Wifi\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asus.com\/Graphics_Cards\/NVIDIA_Series\/EN9400GTDI512MD2LP#iframe\">Asus En9400GT <\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><strong>1Gb Grooving in the Incredible HD Entertainment with Gigantic 1G!<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Gigantic 1G<\/li>\n<li>VGA, DVI and native HDMI output support<\/li>\n<li>Pure Video HD Technology<\/li>\n<li>DirectX10 &amp; Shader Model 4.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_5.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"ASUS EN9400GT\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_5-250x150.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" alt=\"ASUS EN9400GT\" \/><\/a>\n<h3><strong>2Gb DDR2 Ram<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>800-D2N5-K2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Samsung HD501LJ 500Gb disk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Capacity 500 GB<\/li>\n<li>Interface: SATA 3.0 Gbps- Buffer DRAM Size: 16 MB<\/li>\n<li>7200 rpm<\/li>\n<li>Read\/Write 10.6W power consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_thumb_6.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"Samsung Hard disk\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_thumb_6-249x150.png\" width=\"249\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Samsung Hard disk\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I was satisfied with the result and spending like two hours of upgrading the system. I don&#8217;t know exactly but my HTPC is now around \u20ac750 worth of components.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_7.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"Chasis, almost finished ;-)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_7-250x150.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Chasis, almost finished ;-)\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_8.png\" class=\"styled-image popup\" title=\"Ivan's HTPC\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/E5300PCmyhometheatercomputer_F48B\/image_8-250x150.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Ivan's HTPC\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago I started my own\u00a0HTPC project and I built my first system. Recently I upgraded my HTPC sitting in my living room. For the upgrade of the motherboard, cpu, memory, wlan and video card I payed around \u20ac 215. I re-used the hard-disk, power supply and the case. I installed Windows 7 as operating system. Windows 7 runs smoother and better after I upgraded the new hardware components. Asus P5KPL-AM Intel\u00ae Core\u21222 Quad Ready Intel\u00ae 45nm CPU Ready FSB 1600(O.C.)\/1333\/1066\/800 MHz Intel\u00ae G31\/ICH7 Dual channel DDR2 1066(O.C.)\/800\/667 EZ Flash2 &amp; CrashFree BIOS3 8 Channel High Definition Audio Intel\u00ae Pentium\u00ae Processor for Desktop E5300 CPU Speed 2.6Ghz 45 nm Busspeed 800Mhz L2 Cache Size 2MB Thermal Design Power 65W LinkSys WMP54G Operates in the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum with throughput of up to 54 Mbps Complies with IEEE 802.11g draft standards, and backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11b products Supports up to 128-bit WEP encryption and WPA security 32-bit PCI Interface Compatible with Windows 98SE, Millennium, 2000, XP and\u00a0Windows 7 Asus En9400GT 1Gb Grooving in the Incredible HD Entertainment with Gigantic 1G! Gigantic 1G VGA, DVI and native HDMI output support Pure Video HD Technology DirectX10 &amp; Shader Model 4.0 2Gb DDR2 Ram 800-D2N5-K2 Samsung HD501LJ 500Gb disk Capacity 500 GB Interface: SATA 3.0 Gbps- Buffer DRAM Size: 16 MB 7200 rpm Read\/Write 10.6W power consumption I was satisfied with the result and spending like two hours of upgrading the system. I don&#8217;t know exactly but my HTPC is now around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1648,"parent":902,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-882","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions\/1649"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}