[smurfyboy2]

Want cheap HTPC, just for movies, less than 200 (stingy lol).
USB playback, have 500gb HDD full of movies (480p, 576p,720p(HDLiTe), 1080p (Yify) I use with laptop atm with XBMC on it.
Was thinking aTV 1 (Jailbroken)
Acer Revo
Emachines?
Incredibly cheap build
Any suggestions? Thanks

[xbs08]

Old PC + Gpu with dxva2 :-)

[bigdog66]

i absolutely love xbmc and would not use anything else

but if you really plan on keeping a really small collection forever....what is the point lol

[sliddjur]

AMD E Fusion 350 mobo with integrated cpu+gpu, without a chassi?

[eskro]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94199

[Mick1152]

Once you get into the Fusion E-350 motherboards with CPU/GPU, there's always this guy on sale at Newegg for $135 - $15 Instant off. Plus you'll have a chassis

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856119057

These were on sale for $99 a little over a month ago, if they go on sale again for that price I'm going to pick one up to build a cheap, dedicated system for my dad's sailboat.

[Beer40oz]

Once you get into the Fusion E-350 motherboards with CPU/GPU, there's always this guy on sale at Newegg for $135 - $15 Instant off. Plus you'll have a chassis

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856119057

These were on sale for $99 a little over a month ago, if they go on sale again for that price I'm going to pick one up to build a cheap, dedicated system for my dad's sailboat.

+1 if all works.....

This would actually be nice to test for $99.00

Hope win 7 works well with it?

I am not too familiar with the E-350

Cool to know it has Realtek 8111E(10/100/1000Mbps)


I actually like this one better its all black....

would be nice for the bedroom....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856119059

[Mick1152]

Saw a few posts on one of those deals websites back when it was $99 that a few people got them and were running OpenELEC without any issues or complaints. Not sure about Windows 7, but for a system just for my dad's boat I'm not at all worried about having Windows on it.

[smurfyboy2]

Old PC + Gpu with dxva2 :-)

I don't have an old pc really - 64mb ram 500mhz intel p3

i absolutely love xbmc and would not use anything else
but if you really plan on keeping a really small collection forever....what is the point lol

I already have 500+ movies? im not a movieholic

AMD E Fusion 350 mobo with integrated cpu+gpu, without a chassi?

How much would that be?

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94199

Looked at that before but seems to be outdated and new posts dont really say what to buy?

Once you get into the Fusion E-350 motherboards with CPU/GPU, there's always this guy on sale at Newegg for $135 - $15 Instant off. Plus you'll have a chassis
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856119057
These were on sale for $99 a little over a month ago, if they go on sale again for that price I'm going to pick one up to build a cheap, dedicated system for my dad's sailboat.

Live in Ireland and dont think newegg deliver

[eskro]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94199

Looked at that before but seems to be outdated and new posts dont really say what to buy?

outdated? really?

its all u need and after reading you should know what to get,,,

[smurfyboy2]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=94199

Looked at that before but seems to be outdated and new posts dont really say what to buy?

outdated? really?

its all u need and after reading you should know what to get,,,

sorry I didn't see

,,Relevant as of Mars 2012,,

[waver123]

Yeah but eskro's list are not really geared for "cheap" machines, I would say they're "value-performance" builds

If you can find some used ATV1 or atom/ion those would be hard to beat if price is #1 concern.