[mattrgee]

Hi all,

I'm looking at replacing my old xbox+xbmc setup with some new hardware to take advantage of HD content and the Aeon skin. So far, the Acer Revo appears a worthy candidate however I'm unsure which version is required to support 1080p playback.

Single core (230) or dual core (330)?
RAM requirements?
CPU speed?
GPU?

I don't want to spend £300 on an all singing all dancing dual core, 4GB system if it's unnecessary.

Thanks.

[lefty420]

Single core cpu and 2gb of ram plays 1080p amazingly I paid around £170 for my revo from ebuyer if that helps.

[gabbott]

I'm using the single core Revo with 2gig ram and no issues with 1080p content running xbmc live

[prae5]

Single core revo is all that is needed and the 1gb version is fine.

That being said, you can pick up the dual core version for about £150ish now if you do some hunting around.

[mattrgee]

Thanks guys!

[BananasQ]

And this one would be fine:

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-AspireRevo-AR...877&sr=8-4

The fact that it is the NVidia ION LE wouldnt affect XBMC on it would it?

[gabbott]

And this one would be fine:

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-AspireRevo-AR...877&sr=8-4

The fact that it is the NVidia ION LE wouldnt affect XBMC on it would it?

It'll be fine. Thats the model I use.

[i*windows]

hi, you can get a dual core acer 3601 with 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD for £160. http://www.ballicom.co.uk/laptops/sub-no...66112.html
I dont suppose they will be round for long.

[BananasQ]

hi, you can get a dual core acer 3601 with 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD for £160. http://www.ballicom.co.uk/laptops/sub-no...66112.html
I dont suppose they will be round for long.

Nuts - was going to pull the trigger on this yesterday, but they are all sold out.

Let me know if you see this again!