[gooner]

now £199 on ebuyer http://www.ebuyer.com/total-mayhem?hpb=1

With windows 7 64bit

Any idea if this is good enough to run 1080p full bluray rips on xbmc?

The other emachines thread seems to have had a few people with potential issues but this was a year ago!!!

Anyone?

[User 77203]

why not get the acer R3700. Theres alot more support on here for it. Although no OS, its slightly cheaper too.

[gooner]

why not get the acer R3700. Theres alot more support on here for it. Although no OS, its slightly cheaper too.

Yeah I know its a bit cheaper but I will probably have to add in the cost of windows as I think the 3700 only fully works with windows (otherwise stuttering issues)

The revo is probably what I will go for maybe even go with the 3610 rather than the 3700 as there seems to be less issues with the older model

[User 77203]

i looked at the 3610 but they seem to hold their value if not more expensive than the 3700 when i last looked on ebay

[bertybassett]

they are now £129 for Linux verison

[MrCarbo]

Anybody any ideas how much RAM you can allocate to the graphics on these er1401 machines? Is it like the R3610 where you can allocate 512MB RAM?

[digitalface]

This is down to £130 now: http://www.ebuyer.com/267867-emachine-er...-nbzec-004

I have a 1TB 3.5" drive laying around, I know this eMachine unit will only take 2.5" drives but I wonder if it would be possible to run the 3.5" externally with a longer SATA/Power lead?

This would be my very first HTPC so apologies if my question sounded noobish

[eskro]

honeslty, i dont wanna break the party here but,
i would avoid using an eMachine ER1401 as HTPC...
a user had nothing but trouble with it,,,

[LeeG]

the other side of the coin: mine ran sweetly running XBMC live upgraded to pre-eden for pvr use. I think the other user felt uncomfortable using linux and found it too sluggish when using xbmc in windows 7.
cheap n cheerful if all you wanna use it for is Live.

[aoaaron]

hey i had lots of problems with the ER1401 on ubuntu (mainly audio support).. windows it was perfect though.

Openelec/Live were very easy since their audio solution is slick. for the 119 price, I can understand choosing it because its by far the best value for money machine. however, i dont like these mini machines if u plan to upgrade performance cos supposedley putting an SSd/RAM into it is impossible near enough



oh and FYI, its not down to 129.... its up from 119 to 129. i bought it a few weeks ago for 119.