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Recently, I came across a G4 Quicksilver with a fried logic board. It was far to pretty for me to let get junked, so I decided to make good use of it. I had been wanting to put together a htpc for myself, and here was the perfect opportunity.
I was able to find a micro atx motherboard that had some really great video output options, inlcuding component, hdmi, dvi, vga, and s-video. The only problem is that the chipset can't quite handle a full 1080p stream, so I am going to have to put in a new video card.
By storing all of my media on this box, I have a great system that I can just grab and bring over to friends' homes for movie nights or parties that I don't feel like hosting.
(UPDATE): The Athlon 64 3800+ that I had in it gave up the ghost. I can't complain too much, I got it out of an old trashed box. I swapped it out with a Athlon 64 X2 4800+. It's great to see how much smoother some of the high quality 1080p rips play now. While I was at it I threw in a 1TB hdd as well. (step 2 updated accordingly)
I was able to find a micro atx motherboard that had some really great video output options, inlcuding component, hdmi, dvi, vga, and s-video. The only problem is that the chipset can't quite handle a full 1080p stream, so I am going to have to put in a new video card.
By storing all of my media on this box, I have a great system that I can just grab and bring over to friends' homes for movie nights or parties that I don't feel like hosting.
(UPDATE): The Athlon 64 3800+ that I had in it gave up the ghost. I can't complain too much, I got it out of an old trashed box. I swapped it out with a Athlon 64 X2 4800+. It's great to see how much smoother some of the high quality 1080p rips play now. While I was at it I threw in a 1TB hdd as well. (step 2 updated accordingly)
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The largest part of this project consisted of prep work on the case. Take note: Mac cases do not want to have PC parts in them...
Tools needed:
Hammer
Dremmel
Reinforced cut-off wheels
Misc other tools
PC Hardware:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ newegg link
2 x 1gig ddr2 667
GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 Micro ATX Motherboard newegg link
Western Digital 250GB SATA Hard Drive newegg link
Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA Hard Drive newegg link
Rosewill 400W Power Supply newegg link
ENERMAX UC-12EB 120mm Case Fan newegg link
Tools needed:
Hammer
Dremmel
Reinforced cut-off wheels
Misc other tools
PC Hardware:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ newegg link
2 x 1gig ddr2 667
GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 Micro ATX Motherboard newegg link
Western Digital 250GB SATA Hard Drive newegg link
Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA Hard Drive newegg link
Rosewill 400W Power Supply newegg link
ENERMAX UC-12EB 120mm Case Fan newegg link
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May i ask about how much ram was put in this machine? i am doing something similar, but more or less for games, i already have a decent video card but i am still not sure about how much ram to put in.
Thanks for a delightful read!
Right now, I have 2GB in this machine, but if you are going to be gaming, you will want at least 4.
http://www.instructables.com/group/n64/