Evilbore PC fuggurts! I BECKON YOU

[mojovonio]

Been out of the consumer PC ring for a few years but wanna build a HTPC.

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Not sure if I should bother going 64bit, that extra 500mb of ram might be nice, but meh. Also, there's 2 motherboards in there cause I'm not sure which one to get. Hows that setup?

[Brehvolution]

You are going to need a video card because the on-board video is going to choke playing blu rayz. For $20 more, you can double your ram. I say do that.

[Van Cruncheon]

yeah, where's the videocard?

[Great Rumbler]

If you want to play any games, you need a dedicated videocard. A built-in graphics card will run like a sack full of monkey vomit.

[Human Snorenado]

NEEDS MORE RAM

[Groogrux]

I'm going to jump in here quickly with a different question.  Jaybo and I have been discussing the ways to make a bootable Win XP thumb drive from a Win XP cd.  Jaybo's told me that it's do-able, but I haven't been able to successfully pull it off yet.

I've tried WintoFlash and that 3-program setup both, and neither have produced a fully functioning product yet.  I can't figure out if it has something do with the the OS I'm working with (I'm using Win 7) that keeps these programs from working.  I've got an 8g thumb drive and a Win XP setup disk.  Do I need something else?  Am I doing something wrong?  Has anyone else tried this?

[Brehvolution]

Check this page out:
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/

[Groogrux]

Check this page out:
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/

I don't really need the boot cd for this job.  But I do need to download a copy for down-the-road.  Or are you saying that I could use the programs he uses for making his bootable thumb, but for Windows XP?

[Brehvolution]

I use it to boot into 'mini XP' then use the other utilities on the same cd to fix the computer or to re-image it. You can even get network access in 'mini XP' and get on the internet. I don't see why you couldn't extract the CD to a USB drive and boot from it.