Any forseeable problems? (bluray system)

[nibbler]

I'm updating my pc bit by bit and I wan't eventually to play bluray films and also be a pretty nice gaming rig.
Budget IS a issue and unless you know a better component for the same price, don't suggest components please.
I have chosen a monitor: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/24-Ii...920-x-1080-2ms
And a graphics card: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1Gb-S...90-1GB-VAPOR-X
I chose this one because I saw pretty good reviews performance wise plus it has an HDMI output port which would be hassle free and (I assume) better for bluray than DVI.
The bluray drive is a cheap OEM £60 from scan.
My question is this: Providing I get a good enough cpu (i7 920 - should be no problem) and the correct software (hopefully bundled), Could I run bluray movies Without having to mess about for ages and buy lots of add ons. In short, would this be easy.

[nibbler]

Anyone got any experience? This might be the wrong sub forum....

[Skinleech]

Put it this way, thanks to my graphics card (an AGP 2600XT 512mb) my storage HTPC can run Blu-ray on a single core Athlon 3000 with 1gb 3200 ram.

You shouldn't need a card anywhere near that powerful unless you want to play games. If you don't, look for an Nividia 9400 card - should be cheaper with excellent HD performance and likely you could get a fanless one.

[nibbler]

Nah, it's mainly a gaming rig and I was thinking it would be added bonus. What BR drive do you have? Did it come with software?
Plus, I thought that nvidia were werse for bluray because they require extra software to be bought for them to run HD?

[mac124]

Unless you buy a retail BD drive i doubt you will get any software to play Blu Rays, and then it might only be a demo / cut down version.

Amazon currently sell Power DVD8 Ultra for just over £30 this will play Blu Rays and give you full surround sound etc.

It MUST be either the Ultra version for BD playback though.

[nibbler]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/LiteO...M-inc-Software
I was looking at this. Includes software apparently.