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Before I begin let me explain how my system is setup:
I have my PC in my living room which I built in 2006 with only two minor upgrades since.
Motherboard: EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI LT
Memory: 2GB OCZ SLI Memory, DDR2 PC2-8500
Video Card: BFG Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
Hard Drive: 400GB Samsung 7200 RPM (C [C: drive runs the OS] (This drive has also given me a few death click problems); 1500GB Seagate Baracuda (Z [Z: drive is for storage]
CPU: Intel Core 2 6700 2.66GHz
Tuner: I use some tuner card I pulled out of an old HP media center PC, seems to work ok for watching analog TV
Disc Drive: Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12XReadable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe SH-B123L/BSBP
OS: Windows 7
PSU: Some offbrand POS, i think its 600 watts. One of its fans doesn't even spin anymore.
The TV is a 55" Vizio LCD TV w/ 120Hz refresh rate. It is hooked up to the graphics card by a dvi to hdmi cable @ 1080p 60Hz
The Sound is hooked up to a receiver with a digital optics cable.
I use this PC as a dedicated file server and Media Center PC. I use Windows Media Center primarily. When I try to watch any blu-ray or high quality video like .mkv's I get a very choppy playback and sometimes the sound is also behind or forward. I already have terrible internet and cant even watch hulu or netflix, let alone 240p youtube videos so I'd like to be able to watch my blu-rays.
Is there anything on the software/firmware side of things I can do to improve my problem? If not what hardware upgrades might I attempt first, second, third, etc..
Thank you all for your feedback.
I have my PC in my living room which I built in 2006 with only two minor upgrades since.
Motherboard: EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI LT
Memory: 2GB OCZ SLI Memory, DDR2 PC2-8500
Video Card: BFG Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
Hard Drive: 400GB Samsung 7200 RPM (C [C: drive runs the OS] (This drive has also given me a few death click problems); 1500GB Seagate Baracuda (Z [Z: drive is for storage]
CPU: Intel Core 2 6700 2.66GHz
Tuner: I use some tuner card I pulled out of an old HP media center PC, seems to work ok for watching analog TV
Disc Drive: Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12XReadable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe SH-B123L/BSBP
OS: Windows 7
PSU: Some offbrand POS, i think its 600 watts. One of its fans doesn't even spin anymore.
The TV is a 55" Vizio LCD TV w/ 120Hz refresh rate. It is hooked up to the graphics card by a dvi to hdmi cable @ 1080p 60Hz
The Sound is hooked up to a receiver with a digital optics cable.
I use this PC as a dedicated file server and Media Center PC. I use Windows Media Center primarily. When I try to watch any blu-ray or high quality video like .mkv's I get a very choppy playback and sometimes the sound is also behind or forward. I already have terrible internet and cant even watch hulu or netflix, let alone 240p youtube videos so I'd like to be able to watch my blu-rays.
Is there anything on the software/firmware side of things I can do to improve my problem? If not what hardware upgrades might I attempt first, second, third, etc..
Thank you all for your feedback.