New Toys, New Gear, New Reviews

I just got a call from Dallmann Computers saying that I’d just received some new gear.  I’ve been waiting for a few things so I eagerly dropped it to see what was up.  It seems that BCCHardware has just received the GS1000 case from Zalman as well as the CNPS 9300 AT HSF.  These products will be featured in future reviews on BCCHardware.

Also on the truck was some hardware that I’ve been waiting for to put together my HTPC.  I got a pair of 640GB Seatage HDDs, a Palit HD 3850 GPU and a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150.  I know this won’t be a killer PC or anything, but it should do fine with a ASUS M3A78-EMH motherboard and a Phenom 9550 CPU.  It will be sitting comfortably in the Thermaltake DH-101 HTPC case and be hooked to my 40″ 720p LCD TV and the Axiom Audiobyte speakers.   It will be a nice change and will support both BD and HD-DVD playback and be hooked to a network media server for kicks.

It will replace a DVD-Recorder, HD-DVD player and BD player that currently sit under my TV.  It will also have a pair of Wireless XBOX 360 controllers for some easy Windows gaming (such as DMC4 and Lego Indiana Jones).  When it’s all up and running I’ll post up some pictures.