sti-04!!

Hi there,

I am after one of these living room PC's for the sitting room & was in PC World yesterday having a look around.

Specs werent mind blowing but its only going to be used for a bit of surfing & some FM '08.

Budget is around £400.

I would need the wireless keyboard with inbuilt mouse.

Any ideas ??

Thanks

ozzy

a bit pricey for what you want, but my bro bought one of the sony lifestyle jobs - Vaio : TP Series : United Kingdom

spectrum48k

what about building yourself one ?
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sti-04!!

Thats simply beautiful.

sti-04!!

I wish i had that talent to be honest. I dont have the time to sit down & build one. I am a plug & play man.

messiah

PS3 does web browsing, plus you can now stream games from another PC to your main living room telly through it...

PeteBrant

That's all there is to it these days really - If you can put lego together, you can build a PC.

sti-04!!

So i could play FM'08 from the PC on the PS3 ??

sti-04!!

Its the software install that scares me.

On that basis of building lego, could someone spec me something for my money please ??

Thanks

PeteBrant

Thats a lot simpler than it used to be too - Turn on machine, put CD in tray, wait.

Done

sti-04!!

Ahh ok.

Lets see if i can look out a decent spec & case.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

messiah

StreamMyGame streams PC games to your PS3 - Engadget

Iain Young

It basically runs the game on the pc, and streams the display to whatever client wants it (much like a remote desktop client).

It might work, but I've seen a few things around that suggest performance isn't exactly stunning...

messiah

I'm sure I've read somewhere about some poor soul trying to get Crysis running through a windows emulator on the PS3's Linux...

good luck is all I can say.

DemonDave

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A bit more than your budget but this makes a nice media box with HDMI out - there are things you could do to reduce the price. But this will play full hd vids.

Product NameQtyPriceLine TotalMicrosoft Windows XP Media Centre Remote Controller£16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD250HJ)£35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition - OEM (ZV7-00007)£19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)£27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)Antec Fusion HTPC Case - 430HE Watt PSU£97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)Asus P5E-VM HDMI Intel G35 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66G-00576)£47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail£108.99
(£128.06) £108.99
(£128.06)Sony NEC Optiarc DDU1615S 16x SATA DVD-ROM (Silver) - OEM£10.99
(£12.91) £10.99
(£12.91)Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T-500 Dual Freeview TV Tuner£47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39) Sub Total : £504.90Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £10.95VAT is being charged at 17.5%VAT : £90.27 Total : £606.12

Charlie_Boy

Saw this the other day: Looks good.

Acer Aspire iDea 510 DTS Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1GB 250GB DVD±RW WLAN Win XP MCE 2005 - Ebuyer

pimmo2000

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Talent

FFS I'm building one now and have built many over the years!!! Look at the advice I give if someone like me can do it

phoenixgold

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Just a quick note on DemonDave's list. Vista Home Basic doesn't include the media centre functions. You would need home premium for that.

DemonDave

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duh - your right - my bad add £14

sti-04!!

Thanks i will take a look

Naff

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I got one of these last year they where knocking on the door of near a grand

This is a bargain and i think its still under warranty as the guy tried to sell it on a AV Forum but no joy

Sony Vaio VGX-XL201 HOME THEATRE PC on eBay, also, Desktop PCs, Computing (end time 28-Jan-08 16:57:36 GMT)

It plays HD content no problem and is dead silent my Sky HD box is noisier