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Hi everyone !
I had a look a several pre-build case options and I came up with two possible choices which are:
The ASUS VivoPC with a Celeron CPU
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The Xtreamer Prodigy 4k
Which one would be best ?
Do anyone have experience with any (or both) of these devices ?
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I think this is depends on what you need.
I have the old version vivopc celeron + 2gb ram + 64gb sdd. Works perfectly with openelec can run aeon skin, 1080p 24hz, hd audio extremely fast. I am really happy with my current system. I had the i5 version but as it was an overkill i changed with celeron. I have no idea with the xtreamer.
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I need a case that has a 3.5" hard drive slot (for a 4Tb disk), which can run openelec smoothly (I actually own a Xtreamer Ultra 1).
By the way, thank you for the answer !
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Thanks ! This helps a lot ! ^^
The only dark side I read is that there's no direct connection to the internal drive in the VivoPC case.
I would have two options to add files/movies unto it:
- opening the case, to transfer files from my laptop to the HDD then put it back in place
- transfering the files on a usb key before transfering files from the usb to the internal HDD
I don't really consider the SMB option which is too slow for big data transfer (more than 2Gb)