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2011-10-14, 13:52
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-14, 13:54 by bladeds.)
I have decided to sell my apple tv 2 and go for a htpc solution. I am looking for some suggestions. I want a fanless model as i cant stand the sound of fans. I have looked at the shuttle xs35gt v2. i would like intel atom d525, 2gb ram, hdmi out, nvidia ion 2 and fanless. I would like it to be able to hand my 10GB Mkv's aswell, bbc iplayer in hd, icefilms 720p films and run xbmc quickly. Thanks
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If your not really fussed about using Windows then try Openelec - its a linux XBMC build and works very well with Nvidia Ion HTPC's. The Atom proccessor is fine but I would try avoid very heavy skins.
You'll have a fast booting and low resource machine.
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fanless HTPC = shuttle ....
agree, use OPenELEC with it
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i tried out openelec on my laptop, so much quicker than through windows. , I will probably go for a dualboot, so i can still get slingplayer and sky go and netflix
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How much do you want for the ATV2?
My Living Room Theater XBMC Mini-ITX Build
CASE: MI-100 - MOBO: ASRock A75M-ITX - APU: A6-3500
Kingston 4GB 1600MHz - SanDisk 128GB SSD -- DVDRW
W7 HP - Kodi 15 - Confluence | ATV1 w/BCM970015 & Crystalbuntu in the BR
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there selling brand new on Amazon for £85, i could get like £80 on ebay so would want £70. you might aswell buy a new one.
