(1 of 5) Old PC to Home Theater PC (HTPC) - Anatomy of a PC

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Part 1 - I give a quick rundown of all the components typically found in a computer. Great entry level intro for people that have never looked inside their pc before. In part 2, we assemble the computer.

I am always a bit surprised that many people have never opened their computers to see how simple it really is. Once you understand that a computer is just a bunch of parts working together, it becomes easier to understand how to fix it if something goes wrong. For example if your hard drive fails, you replace the hard drive, not the entire computer. Or if a video card fails... yup you guessed it, replace it.

Anatomy of a PC 101 or in this case, a home theater pc (HTPC) This is a multipart video that demonstrates the anatomy of a pc, and the assembly of a spare parts computer to use as my home theater pc.

The computer works great, playing Blu-ray disks, streaming Hulu and Netflix, play all my hard drive videos, pictures and music, and serves as a general home theater hub.
With an add-on TV tuner card, you could also watch cable TV, antenna or over the air broadcasting through your pc.

Specs:
Dell GX620 tower computer
3.8GHz P4 processor
4gb of memory
250GB Hard drive
XFX NVidia 9800GT Graphics PCIE Card
Wireless mouse and keyboard
Engenius Wireless Adaptor
2TB hard drive for multimedia files storage (Not shown in this movie)
Logitech Z-5500 THX certified 5.1 digital surround sound speaks
Eiki LC-XG110 Projector with a 125" diagonal screen
Netflix Streaming - Mad Man =D

Hope you enjoyed my first YouTube video. I will be creating similar videos touching on topics related to technology management. Please like, comment, subscribe and share! =D

For my next video, I am thinking about demonstrating how to setup multiple monitors from two monitors on up. So, stay tuned!