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Posted by Smarty on 01/26/08 03:52
My quick take on your configuration is that it is more than adequate, and I
have only 2 relatively small issues to bring up.
1. You might want to take a look at MediaShout (version 3) requirements a
bit more, since they say:
"And as a dual-screen application, it demands either a dual-head
card/display adapter, or two graphics cards."
I know the video card you've chosen can drive 2 DVI monitor ports, but it is
unclear to me whether you can drive each of the ACER monitors with a
separate display using only one of these cards. Quite possibly the single
card will do what you want, but it is not entirely clear from what little
Google searching I have done.
2. The power supply seems a little light given the two drives, the video
card, the motherboard and CPU and RAM, the optical drive, etc. Not
insufficient, but not overly generous.
All considered, this sounds like a very nicely chosen system.
Smarty
"Scott" <jscottsmith3d@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hello. First post here. I've been helping the media crew at church
with their PC issues. They have decided to move their machine down to
the youth building and get a new one for the worship center. I offered
to build one to be sure to get the best rig for their needs. The
machine's primary duty will be to run MediaShout during church
services. Also will be used to play DVDs, videos, the occasional
satellite feed, etc. They have recently installed a video system, so I
can envision that being routed back to this machine in the future as
well.
I would really appreciate any of you MS/video gurus picking this
apart.
Thanks!
Case: Cooler Master high airflow case w/ Apevia fans
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 470W Power Supply
Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core
Processor Model
RAM: 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual
Channel
HDD: (2) - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA
3.0Gb/s Hard Drive set up in RAID-0 array
Video: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI
Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
CD/DVD: ASUS 20X DVDR DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Card reader: Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader
Mon: (2) - Acer AL2223Wd Black-Silver 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD
Monitor with HDCP
Video int: Canopus ADVC110 Advanced Digital Video Converter IEEE 1394
Interface
Kybd/Mse: Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
OS: Windows XP Pro, SP2
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