kazyn
01-04-2011, 04:01 PM
Hi there,
I recently acquired an old dell GX280 and I'm thinking of turning into a cheap HTPC of sorts.....basically moving my movies to it and hooking it to our 40" HDTV. It has 2GB of DDR2 5300 RAM and a 3.0ghz P4 processor. Newegg is selling a Radeon HD 4350 512MB card with an HDMI port for about $75. I know there are cheaper ones available but most are PCI-E and I believe this PC has AGP.
Currently I have my laptop hooked up through VGA to the TV and it works alright but I'd like to get HDMI.
Should I spend the cash to make it into what I want it to be or just stick with what I am doing now?
I recently acquired an old dell GX280 and I'm thinking of turning into a cheap HTPC of sorts.....basically moving my movies to it and hooking it to our 40" HDTV. It has 2GB of DDR2 5300 RAM and a 3.0ghz P4 processor. Newegg is selling a Radeon HD 4350 512MB card with an HDMI port for about $75. I know there are cheaper ones available but most are PCI-E and I believe this PC has AGP.
Currently I have my laptop hooked up through VGA to the TV and it works alright but I'd like to get HDMI.
Should I spend the cash to make it into what I want it to be or just stick with what I am doing now?