rip and encode to MKV (with high quality 5.1 sound) and save to my NAS. That way, I can still use it on the Aurora-R1, but also move it to a faster system for Blu-Ray ripping and re-encoding (if I choose to) That's my usual BD work-flow with my favorite BluRay discs. So, first project is removing the 5.25-inch LG BH10LS30 BluRay disc burner/ripper/player, and install it in a good external USB-3.0 enclosure. With the GTX-1070, it currently runs games like Fallout-4 at 1080p just fine (even with graphic settings set to Ultra-High). If it has trouble with Kodi or connecting to Onkyo-607 AVR via HDMI, I might have to re-install its old ATI-AMD HD-5870 1gb. The Home-Theater also has a projector, so I might try some Steam games on it in Big-Picture mode (likely with PS4-controller). Unless I can find another place for it, I'll leave the Nvidia GTX-1070 installed. Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth-4.0 USB-dongle (Broadcom BCM20702) PCIe USB-3.0 Addin-card (Renasas chipset) Intel-X58 chipset (USB-2.0 & SATA-2/300 max)Īlienware-OEM (Asetek made) liquid cooler for CPUĢ56gb Samsung 830 SATA-SSD / 1tb Samsung 860 EVO SATA-SSD Intel i7-930 quad-core (2.8 Ghz and 8 threads) This thread will serve as a build-thread of sorts, and also a searchable record in case anyone else wants to try some final upgrades and/or mods on one of these (or the similar x58-based Area51-R1). In the Home-Theater, I just need 1080p video (Blu-Ray quality) and Dolby-Digital True-HD/DTS-HD Master-Audio. It's better than what I use there now, and I think it's still just too-cool to recycle just yet. Since the old Aurora R1 (circa 2010) still works, I'm going to make it my new Windows HTPC and Kodi box. We are getting a new system here, so all systems are being demoted-down one level.
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