HTPC Project Build Advice

[SN3S]

(09-04-2012, 07:06 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: If you have a good enough amp, it should be able to split out bass and send that to the subwoofer, and then estimate which direction a sound should come from based on the phase difference between the left and right channels, so even if dolphin doesn't support 5.1 or 7.1 (which the Wii doesn't, as it only supports 5.1) in HLE, a good amp should be able to run it better than 2 channel mode.

That's what I figured. Our Amp / Receiver should be able to handle that, since I've used it in the same manner for SD equipment.

[Axxer]

I'll have to try this out myself of I can the only game I have using surround sound right now is Wind Waker (it relies on an amp/receiver to output surround I believe because the GameCube only had stereo sound). I'll try out a Wii game and see what happens.

[SN3S]

(09-04-2012, 12:23 PM)Axxer Wrote: I'll have to try this out myself of I can the only game I have using surround sound right now is Wind Waker (it relies on an amp/receiver to output surround I believe because the GameCube only had stereo sound). I'll try out a Wii game and see what happens.

Thanks mate, I can live without it but if it will work then I'll just be all the more excited to finish the build :p

[SN3S]

Double Post Update!

I totally forgot my internship gives me a nice bonus at the end. So, I used the opprotunity to get the rest of the parts ordered.

Here's my final parts list:

Case: Lian-Li -PC-C33B
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer 600W Modular PSU
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M (Not pro, saved like 50$)
Processor: i5-3570k
Ram: G-SKILL ARES 8GB DDR3 1866
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 660ti
Cooler: Noctua SE14
Drives: ASUS Black Blu-Ray, Corsair Force GT 240GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM HDD

Yeah, I think this will run Dolphin well enough :p

[DefenderX]

If you overclock your CPU, yep

[SN3S]

(09-08-2012, 12:59 AM)DefenderX Wrote: If you overclock your CPU, yep

Oh yeah. I'm confident the setup should hit at least 4.2GHz without the noise being too much for the living room :p
Noctua coolers are excellent, and if I can get 4.3GHz on my i5-2500k with a CM Hyper Evo 212, I should be able to hit 4.2GHz on the i5-3750k.

Also I plan to show build pics and such later. I'm such a geek when it comes to that.

[SN3S]

Update!

Got it all built, it all fits very smoothly (but took some clever work) into the Lian-Li PC-C338. OH MY LORD THE NOCTUA COOLER IS SO FLIPPIN' QUIET IT'S AMAZING. Even overclocked to 4.3/4.4 GHz, the processor doesn't go about 60 at load, and it's whisper quiet. Can't hear it from it's spot on the shelf next to the TV.

Now I just need to get dolphin configured :p

[DefenderX]

Very easy But if you have any questions. feel free to ask.

[Axxer]

I do believe the surround sound works with LLE I'll have to enable that in all my games now.

[lightskintwin]

(09-12-2012, 03:20 PM)SN3S Wrote: Update!

Got it all built, it all fits very smoothly (but took some clever work) into the Lian-Li PC-C338. OH MY LORD THE NOCTUA COOLER IS SO FLIPPIN' QUIET IT'S AMAZING. Even overclocked to 4.3/4.4 GHz, the processor doesn't go about 60 at load, and it's whisper quiet. Can't hear it from it's spot on the shelf next to the TV.

Now I just need to get dolphin configured :p

Do you still plan on posting build pics?