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With new features, faster processors, larger hard drives and new larger LCD televisions building a Media Center computer more and more practical. A media center computer can record multiple TV programs at once, you can organize all your music and pictures and can also be used as a normal computer, too. They are very cool in any case. However, before you build your own media center to decide, ten quick tips ...

1. Consider a machine with a dual-core or quad-coreProcessor. The many threads will be very useful when recording multiple programs and watching a program at the same time. A fast multi-core processor is a must if you plan on watching and recording hi definition TV.

2. Do not skimp on the RAM. A good media center will be at least 2 GB of RAM and should possibly up to 4 GB. The ram will help things move quickly, while you are recording programs.

3. One can never have enough space on the hard drive. At highDefinition TV becoming the standard you want to go to check whether you huge amounts of space on the hard drive of your computer. I would not build a machine that had less than a terabyte of disk space.

4. To improve the performance of the test with a RAID configuration for your hard drives. Using RAID Zero with high-speed SATA hard drives can help you, video performance and to avoid recording errors.

5. Get good TV tuner cards with built-in hardware encoding.Tuner cards with hardware MPEG encoding will take a load off my processor when they record TV shows, this will help to ensure that you do not get any skipping or problems will be included in your output. I use Hauppauge cards in my computer and they work great.

6. Invest in a good decoding program. The software decoder software offered by Nvidia does a good job on my Media Center. However, I tested four or five before I fell, that the way I wanted with my hardware run foundConfiguration. Be prepared, some other options before you try to settle on one that will work best for you.

7. Do not forget to order on the remote. A Media Center remote control is not a mockery. These computers are designed, implemented, and you sit back on the couch. The remotes do not cost much and they work great.

8. Buy the best video card you can afford. The better the graphics card you have, the less chance you have that you will have problemsplayback. Before you buy your graphic card to ensure that authorized check the list of Media Center cards. If not, you might be on the card, it should be avoided. Also make sure that you have a video card that has a high definition output that corresponds to your TV system (either DVI or HDMI buy are the best).

9. Get a good audio card that is capable of feeding source audio to your receiver or your speakers. If you plan to try to take output from 5.1 or 7.1 data from DVD's you to ensure that theSound card you have to choose an optical or coaxial digital output. You might also consider buying a card that converts all sounds are on your computer in a 5.1 or 7.1 digital audio used as feed.

10. Be willing to play with the configuration and construction. Unfortunately, the structure is a Media Center is not an exact science and it is usually involved quite a lot of tinkering still in a stable fully functional system. If you do not play well with the settings and get the driver toThings that work, you might have to buy a ready-made Media Center and someone else's test and the configuration for you.

I have Windows XP Media Center Edition for a while and I love it. I built two different media centers, and they have both been a stunner. Try it yourself and see.

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