2011-09-12, 20:08
Kratlusker Wrote:People that wont buy this HTPC because of the price, they dont really have to convince us who bought it, that it can be build cheaper. We know
But I would like to see a homebuild HTPC, not just with better spec to a smaller price, but same build quality (Using case as heat sink with copper pipes, low powered hardware, good looking case with no visible ugly optical drives and so on.) And if you manage to find such a well build homemade HTPC, then I would like to hear how many weekends and endless hours it took to cut out every port to fit hardware like built in ir-reciever on the alu case and how long it took to find the right heatsink for his CPU and GPU and bending the heat pipes so he could get almost passive cooled HTPC only helped by a little fan when you're gaming. I just paid Asrock to do this for me. And I'm all happy about that
You are describing the miniITX form factor very common place these days. There are even several web sites dedicated to selling/recommending those setups for those that need assistance.
Buying/ordering parts should take 30-60 minutes + assembly another 20-30 minutes. Installing an OS, 30 minutes.
I'd rather save $500 and spend the 2 hours. But, I'm not knocking the quality, I'm sure it is very good. For those without experience and/or understanding of hardware - it is perfect. For us that have built systems and know how easy it is - we save $.
enjoy your system, I'm sure it is great - just for those reading, know there are many alternatives for lower $.
