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seaman87 · July 24th, 2008, 03:41 PM

I would like to rebuild my computer and use an LCD 1080p TV as the monitor. I want the computer to be maximized for the best picture on the LCD. I’m hopping to keep the computer rebuild to under $1000. I also want to be able to watch TV on the monitor, routing the cable through the computer (don’t know want kind of cable ill have since I haven’t moved into my new apartment yet for the next year of college). I haven’t purchased the LCD TV yet but I’m thinking of one of the fallowing:

-Samsung LN32A650 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Samsung LN32A650 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color: Electronics )
-Sharp Aquos LC32GP3UB 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Sharp Aquos LC32GP3UB 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV, Black: Electronics
-Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: Electronics

Does anyone have any experience using any of these LCDs as a computer monitor? what graphic card are you using in conjunction with the TV? I also will be playing my xbox360 on it, which one will be best for that?

My computer specs are as fallows:
MSI MS-6380E 1.0
Board: MSI MS-6380E 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01 (I know, its old)
1.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
512 Megabytes Installed Memory
RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS [Display adapter]
Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n H9NY947715, September 2005)
Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
MAXTOR 6L040J2 [Hard drive] (40.03 GB)
DU3319J RAP538E SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
MITSUMI CD-ROM FX240S !B
YAMAHA CRW8424E [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
SCSI/RAID Host Controller
NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller (B1)
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (2x)

Im guessing ill have to upgrade most of my system since its so old. Im having the most trouble figure out what kind of graphic card I should get to work the best with an LCD HDTV. I plan on gaming on the computer too. Any recommendation on how to upgrade my computer and/or which tv to buy would be a big help. thanks

July 24th, 2008, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
seaman87 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2	help rebuilding comp to work well with LCD HDTV I would like to rebuild my computer and use an LCD 1080p TV as the monitor. I want the computer to be maximized for the best picture on the LCD. I’m hopping to keep the computer rebuild to under $1000. I also want to be able to watch TV on the monitor, routing the cable through the computer (don’t know want kind of cable ill have since I haven’t moved into my new apartment yet for the next year of college). I haven’t purchased the LCD TV yet but I’m thinking of one of the fallowing: -Samsung LN32A650 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Samsung LN32A650 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color: Electronics ) -Sharp Aquos LC32GP3UB 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Sharp Aquos LC32GP3UB 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV, Black: Electronics -Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV Amazon.com: Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV: Electronics Does anyone have any experience using any of these LCDs as a computer monitor? what graphic card are you using in conjunction with the TV? I also will be playing my xbox360 on it, which one will be best for that? My computer specs are as fallows: MSI MS-6380E 1.0 Board: MSI MS-6380E 1.0 Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01 (I know, its old) 1.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache 512 Megabytes Installed Memory RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter] SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS [Display adapter] Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n H9NY947715, September 2005) Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller MAXTOR 6L040J2 [Hard drive] (40.03 GB) DU3319J RAP538E SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive] MITSUMI CD-ROM FX240S !B YAMAHA CRW8424E [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] SCSI/RAID Host Controller NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller (B1) NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x) VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (2x) Im guessing ill have to upgrade most of my system since its so old. Im having the most trouble figure out what kind of graphic card I should get to work the best with an LCD HDTV. I plan on gaming on the computer too. Any recommendation on how to upgrade my computer and/or which tv to buy would be a big help. thanks