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Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Brian Storm, Jan 11, 2018.

  1. dansafcman

    dansafcman Well-Known Member

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    I haven't read through all the posts, so this might of been said before, however if you get a decent motherboard you shouldn't need a separate sound card.

    What kind of screen will you be hooking it up to? If it's a 4k screen then you'll need a top gfx card, otherwise mid range will probably do you.

    No need for special cooling setup, unless you plan to overclock the cpu (I presume you won't) or if you want a "silent " PC
     
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    Already done one of them mate it made a grand toaster.
     
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    Thank you fella. Topper advice. :)
     
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    Standard HD screens. I'll want a main one in the front room obviously. And one in the bedroom. Speakers in every room of the house. I pretty sure I'll need a very good spec wifi mother board as I want to run my house's sound system through software on this computer. Also need my lappy to connect to it which will go with my dj set up. I'll also need a stand alone turntable to connect. I'd also like other devices like tablets to be able to access the sound system. It's all about the sound really. My retro gaming and streaming needs I'm sure can be achieved relatively cheap with out a **** hot graphics card standard HD is max I need.
     
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    Done about 10 PC builds over the last few years - happy to help if you need any advice.

    Might have to dig a bit more into the sounds area as not something I know a lot about (generally more graphics for photography etc)

    Let me know if you still need some assistance
     
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    Need to put it off for a while. Was expecting to put an offer in on a house but there's been a change of plan and the search must go on. I'll revisit this once I have an accepted offer in and know my finances better.
     
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  7. dansafcman

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    I realise that your delaying this now, but why the need for WiFi? Everything will be networked through a router, so that's where you need to invest. Get one with good QoS (quality of service) management.

    You'll be better off connecting all of your devices through your electric wires with the proper adapters. It won't be theoretically as fast, but it will reduce the lag that WiFi setups generally have. If WiFi is a must, you can get WiFi repeaters which hook up to the network via the electric system, eliminating the degradation that you see from repeaters that try to boost the routers WiFi signal directly.
     
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    Welll I want all my speakers wireless. Just figured to upgrade my system in the future I best get a really good motherboard. I didn't understand a word you said there so couldn't put it into practice<laugh> I know I'm not willing to run speaker wire round the whole house.
     
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    Wireless speakers for your different sound systems. But you also want your different sound systems connected to your pc so you can stream over your house network (films, music etc from a central computer/drive), right?
     
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    Pretty much yes. There will be a kitchen tablet, my lady's sewing room tablet, dj ****(eventually) and a stand alone turntable(which will be in the front room). Everything else will be streamed from the pc, and I'd like the capability for the pc streaming to hit every room (sound). The same for the turn table and DJ stuff, but the tablets only need to connect to the room they're in.

    Streaming of films TV and sport only needs to reach the front room tv and the bedroom tv visually. I don't mind if the bedroom tv doesn't connect to the speaker network, but the front room tv has to so that I can say still follow a film while I'm cooking.

    Currently I'm using plex and my laptop as a server to stream my files to both my tv's via Playstation consoles. This of course has no sound system integration.

    Getting the sound network working offline would be a plus.
     
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    OK, so I have plex set up as well. Simple setup, pc to living room (so no multiple rooms).

    Computer plugged into network. TV plugged in same network. (cabled, not wireless). TV plugged into amp, which sits under the tv and has 5.1 speakers. I stream a file from my pc to the TV, sound goes from my TV through the amp and out of my living room speakers.

    Your problem isn't the pc setup (devices connected to pc via plex), but setting up multiple sound systems or single sound system which supports multiple inputs...

    I presume that you don't need sound system for the tablets (kitchen and sewing room) - sound coming through the tablet speakers is enough?
     
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    Not really no mate, it would have been handy for my ladies room but not too bothered. She just needs to be able to access the net and youtube for troubleshooting. So long as she can get music through the speaker from the mother pc.

    I've not looked into amps and speakers yet, can an amp be tweaked by pc software?
     
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  13. dansafcman

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    Well plex should stream both the sound and the image from your PC to the other device (tablet or whatever)

    I'm not an expert in amps or sound systems but I've always found Onkyo to have reliable and have great features
    Have a look at the pr-rz5100, supports wireless multiple room audio, chrome cast, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth blah blah blah

    Sonos is another company, specialising in smart home devices and they do audio products. But not sure if they'll do what you want...
     
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    I've not even thought about external hardware. It was something I was going to add in time and expand. Just want the base unit to be able to handle anything I threw at it in the future. Got a wedding to pay for so the base unit is the only thing I'm getting initially. I aleady have the tablets tv. The amp and speakers need to come later.
     
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