Have any of you had experiance with an Atom 330 (or even 230) based system? I'm thinking of building a micro HTPC using the Zotac (nVidia) bundle.
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You don't plan on doing much HD stuff do you? If you run linux you might be able to swing 720p 1080i HD content. I'm not sure how well it would go in windows though. -
Maybe I'll try and cram my C2Q6600 mATX build into a smaller case then... thx.Sharp LC-42D64U
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Well, you may recall I had a heat problem with my new HTPC based on Abit/XP-1900 CPU right? Well, trying to resolve that, I bought this cheezy fan heatsink assembly from Best Buy along with a couple of cyclone fans. Well, the worst happened, I actually chipped the CPU putting the heatsink and fan on... -
Ok so my previous HTPC was a few years old now, and honestly it's way more power then is really needed and it uses way too much electricity. So I've been wanting to downsize my HTPC for quite some time. I thought about going for a set top box route but the GUI's and what not just weren't what I wanted... -
If you rip all your movies to x.264 or some other format even here is a new rather cheap option for an HTPC.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813500027
Motherboard, cpu, gpu, wifi, psu. Has an onbaord 9300gs which has full VDPAU support in linux so the...10 August 2009, 18:24 Monday -
Aside from PVR and MP3 jukebox capabilities and games....
if you were using your HTPC for mostly movies (either a do it yourself lowcost/hi-quality scaler/deintelacer or an all-in-one player/scaler/deinterlacer) do you think that a device like the Bravo D1
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I have been watching PCs for some time and waiting to determine when a HTPC would actually be viable and cheap. That time is now. Here are my thoughts on a “virtual HTPC” I have built in my mind. Let me know what you guys think, any changes or additions you might employ. My entering argument...
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