Recent content by holyindian

so when are these hitting the stores?

Hi all, I am in process of upgrading my PC, and waiting for the Coffee Lake processor. Will most of the folks here wait and watch or wait until an upgraded coffee lake processor or will go ahead and order the cpu on the 5th Oct?

I picked up a barely used GTX 1080 TI Founders edition for 550 from a local dude on CG. Depends on the deal and the item you are wanting to buy from him.

Hi all, I was going through the various voting threads based on low to high end category. And surprisingly I did not see a single NVMe based builds for their system. Not even one High end build had a NVMe drive in the PC. Is it something recent that has come to light that NVMe is a waste of...

You are right, its wise to wait until coffeelake hits the market. Any insider word, on when this might be? Oh i see now, its 8th oct. gosh.. i am on a hangover,, and the weekend is getting started.. lol

I have the Denon 4311CI, but with this htpc build, i will be upgrading the AVR as well to the Denon AVR-X6300H, both have the same 140W of raw power built around Audyssey XT32 room correction. Waiting on a good deal. as of today the x6300h is for 1500 usd, on SD its posted for 1300 just today...

How's the coffeelake compared to the kaby Lake? I can wait for about a month or two, if a good processor is going to be released. I waited for Fury GPU, and was very displeased. hence went ahead and brought the GTX 1080 TI GPU.

Here is a pic of my media server/rac

Also please note, I wont have any HDD's in this PC. Will add a 1TB NVME card. The HTPC will be connected to a 120TB Headless Media server built on SuperMicro Chassis.

WildCard999 I am using a Silverstone CW02 HTPC case. Here is my old build thread http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-theater-computers/1442960-build-pics-my-i7-2600k-htpc-build-silverstone-cw02-case.html The new high end 4K HTPC build is my 2nd build in this case. I've measured the GTK 1080...

getochkn, i like your suggestion. Thanks. So in your opinion what CPU and mobo should i go with. I'll take your suggestions as the final commandment in my htpc build. And do u think that a tighter timings for a memory makes sense.. or doesnt matter.. whats ur preferred speed? I am told 3000mhz...

At present only 32GB. But I did read someone its always nice to get a mobo with 8 slots, as it just gives you an option to add more memory if you need for future VR based games. I think most 8 slot memory motherboards cost the same as 4 slots? Or maybe a bit more? Do i loose something if i go...

Hi all, I am aware HTPC and Hi-End do not go hand in hand, but this is a PC that will be used for Gaming as well, like 60% media, and 40% gaming. Will be hooked on to a 85" 4K TV. So I have already brought a GTX 1080 TI Founders Edition GPU.. now need to settle down with a CPU. Should I go...

Thats correct, when i was installing windows 7, i used diskpart and chisled out 71gb for over provisioning. Now after installing windows, and samsung magician, I see this msg. "using a raw partition may damage your data.... see screenshot below. Anyways, i have click the set OP button.. and...