[smallclone]

What's your budget? Requirements?

Well I'd like to be well under £150 if possible. Basically I can either plump for a little black box and go without the heavier skins, running the risk that any files with HD Audio may not play properly, or get a DIY project up.

Problem being that the NUC route seems to come in way over budget. It needs to be a small unit. So anything in this case is not what I want:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Mini-ITX-Cas...i+itx+case

Is there something I can build for between £100 and £150? It will only be used for XBMC.

[teeedubb]

Make your own NUC

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-C847...eleron+847

[jammyb]

Celeron NUC, ram, Don't need SSD. Use USB stick.

Plus remote for less than £200 all in.

[smallclone]

For that price though I may as well build round this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXDCCP847...ywords=nuc

[twelvebore]

What's your budget? Requirements?

Well I'd like to be well under £150 if possible.

It really isn't, not in the UK. Around £150, as in just over £150, yes. Well below £150, no, not with new parts in a small form-factor.

For that price though I may as well build round this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXDCCP847...ywords=nuc

Yep. That plus a couple of SO-DIMMs (total 2GB should be enough, 4GB won't cost much more) plus a USB stick and OpenELEC and a remote and you're up and running.

[smallclone]

What's your budget? Requirements?

Well I'd like to be well under £150 if possible.

It really isn't, not in the UK. Around £150, as in just over £150, yes. Well below £150, no, not with new parts in a small form-factor.

For that price though I may as well build round this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXDCCP847...ywords=nuc

Yep. That plus a couple of SO-DIMMs (total 2GB should be enough, 4GB won't cost much more) plus a USB stick and OpenELEC and a remote and you're up and running.

Will the lack of a USB3 impact on speeds?

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Yep. That plus a couple of SO-DIMMs (total 2GB should be enough, 4GB won't cost much more) plus a USB stick and OpenELEC and a remote and you're up and running.

will this be ok?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMSO4GX3...p_asin_lnk

[jammyb]

OpenELEC is loaded into ram. 2GB is plenty for oE.

Celeron NUC is fine for this. I have one.

You need NUC, ram, memory stick and remote. Job done.

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Look at this on eBay:

Samsung M471B2873FHS-CF8 2 GB (1 GB X 2 ) DDR3 RAM 8500 SO DIMM 204-pin Memory

http://bit.ly/1dWauHL


Look at this on eBay:

New UK C5 Cloverleaf Clover Leaf Mains Power Cable Lead for Laptops adapters 5A

http://bit.ly/194EaP8

[smallclone]

Many thanks. Final question. Will this work on it:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Control-...yle+remote

[jammyb]

http://mobile.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=218643

But yeah. The one you linked will work too.

[smallclone]

I make that £171.21.

Not bad. Something to aim for. Thanks for the help.

[jammyb]

£160.62 I make it. Just need memory stick.


Look at this on eBay:

Silicon Power 8GB USB 3.0 Marvel M01 Icy Blue Flash Drive

http://bit.ly/1dWejN1

Total £166 and a few pennies.

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Doo it! Join us!

USB3 as it'll be as fast as it can be!

[smallclone]

That intel box doesn't state usb3 in the specs though:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXDCCP847...ywords=nuc

[jammyb]

It's not but its a fast Stick.