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[AlexBennett]

I'm a PC enthusiast that has recently built a HTPC but find that the HiFi world is seemingly against us PC people perhaps. Please help me through this minefield of HiFi so that I can get the most from my PC based World?

Alex

 

[AlexBennett]

I built a DH67BL with i5 2500K and have no idea what to buy to go with it. Any ideas?
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Alex

 

[spirovious]

Welcome to HFV.

 

[marsilians]

I'm a PC enthusiast that has recently built a HTPC but find that the HiFi world is seemingly against us PC people perhaps. Please help me through this minefield of HiFi so that I can get the most from my PC based World?

Alex

Welcome to HFV. Why do you think the Hi Fi world is against PC users? A well built PC can be a very good transport similar to a mac (which has its shortcomings as well in the AV world). But if one ends up using a PC for home or work use, games and also A/V then the performance will suffer.

 

[musicbee]

Welcome to HFV mate.

Lots of PC users here. I use PC for both audio & video (HTPC). Prefer the PC it over both the PS3 and the WDTV I have.

A well built PC can be a very good transport similar to a mac (which has its shortcomings as well in the AV world).

With the right DAC most PCs compete very favorably with CDPs many times their budget. The Spatial Computer is in a league of its own.

But if one ends up using a PC for home or work use, games and also A/V then the performance will suffer.

Never understood this argument. In computers multitasking is the norm and not the exception. This argument might hold merit if it was a 1st generation 8-bit processor but not for the present generation multi-core, hyper-threaded processors. My i7 never crosses 6-7% of total CPU usage despite running Foobar, AV, firewall, tons of tabs on Firefox, an email client like Thunderbird, and I usually have PDFs and Word documents open too as I work on my system. It only breaks into a sweat when ripping and encoding Blu-Rays but even then I don't find Foobar skipping or missing a beat.

 

[corElement]

Welcome chris hunt a student! j/k but welcome!

 

[saikatbiswas82]

Welcome to HFV mate.
First of all, drill down your priorities. Do you need your HTPC for media playback only or do you need this for gaming or other graphics heavy applications as well?