[GFDuke]

Instead of integrating my gaming pc into my home theatre i've decided to build one since i have so much hardware just hanging around. Feel free to comment or suggest. This pc is for my music and blue ray movies. Using a 55" Samsung lcd via HDMI through my Sherwood 7.1 surround system. Is the 5850 overkill for a ht setup?

Case (on its way) - Lian-Li
CPU - i5 661
GPU - Radeon HD5850
Motherboard - MSI H55-GD65
HD - OCZ Vertex ssd for the OS. Other files will go on a external hdd.
Ram and psu i have are plenty to run this setup.

[Witchdoctor]

Cool, What case did you go with

Overkill is what it is all about ..............

I run a i950 and a 280 for e-mail and Office ..

[GFDuke]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112228

[Witchdoctor]

Wow, dam sexy, gotta love Lian Li

Best availible IMO

[rickss69]

Can't get any cheaper than this lol... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4spLDtzkgk

[Witchdoctor]

Gots to have me one of dem

[GFDuke]

Ok got a problem. I'm using the HDMI output on my HD5850. I have it going into my Home theatre reciever and out to my LCD. I get a picture but i get no sound out of the reciever. I had the same problem with my Playstation and i ended up using the optical out for sound. But shouldn't i be able to get my sound from the HDMI through my reciever?

[Witchdoctor]

ATI's HDMI driver is a POS

I have read about many having the same problem on other forums ....

Maybee try a different one and if no luck I would call the bastards up if for no other reason to tell them their drivers blow ....

Hit an miss from what I have seen

[GFDuke]

I guess i'll have to use the optical out from the motherboard.

[OC Maximus]

Have you tried to uninstall sound drivers under device manager then reboot and let windows refresh the drivers on startup? I loose sound every once in a while through my htpc with a 4670 and that fixes the sound loss issue everytime.