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Hey!
I´m thinking to buy a HTPC to see my Movies etc etc... but i really don´t know wich could be the best running XBMC.
I just want a simple htpc, it just too listen musik, movies watching, pictures...
If is there a recomendation, please, be free to answer this topic...
And, there is possible to make me a htpc? i mean, maybe is better if I try to build my own one?
Plataform: AMD FX-8120 | ATI Radeon HD7800 | 16Gb Corsair
| 500Gb Samsung + 320Gb + 1,5Tb | Windows 7 Professional 64Bits | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium| Creative Inspire T6160 5.1
| XBMC mit Night | Philips 220SW + AOC M2752V:sniffle:
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1. what is your budget
2. does size play a factor in this decision
3. do you just want a box to run XBMC and have your media stored on a sever?
if just want a xbmc front end look into the zotac all in one box or a Acer Revo unit, thats the cheapest your going to get.
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well €400 it´s something, i don´t want to spend more then that, it´s doesn´t reproduce Blueray´s... XD
I saw the Revo, i like it, but don´t trust in acer... it have to be small, no more bigger than a PS2 slim...
Yep... Just XBMC, it would be my media center to go... no games or something, just XBMC... I want to run skins too normal as it can(my Pc with 2 cores, 4 gb ram and 512mb video, have some lacks with Xperience, Aeon. It think beacuse the modules start with too many things...)...
- Wlan
- HDMI
- USB
- Sata(*optional) -> i can connect my HDD via USB, but would be great sata conection
- COntrolRemote (*optional) -> i can use wlan and my Android
- HDD (*optional) -> i don´t care if the HDD is too small($$) i have a 2TB HDD with movies and music, a lot!!
Plataform: AMD FX-8120 | ATI Radeon HD7800 | 16Gb Corsair
| 500Gb Samsung + 320Gb + 1,5Tb | Windows 7 Professional 64Bits | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium| Creative Inspire T6160 5.1
| XBMC mit Night | Philips 220SW + AOC M2752V:sniffle:
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good tipp, but no ram?
i was looking now the Acer revo, it has the same configuration, plus keyboard wireless etc...
U know if i can use the zotac with ubuntu? i mean, if there r some problems with drivers or something like that, because it come without SO, and buy a win7 license, it could be more expensive that i want...
Plataform: AMD FX-8120 | ATI Radeon HD7800 | 16Gb Corsair
| 500Gb Samsung + 320Gb + 1,5Tb | Windows 7 Professional 64Bits | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium| Creative Inspire T6160 5.1
| XBMC mit Night | Philips 220SW + AOC M2752V:sniffle:
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Dharma live beta should work fine on that thing. I love Kingston ram the best.
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what about the asrock 330HT? Small, nice, has dvd drive, wifi and integrated CIR sensor + remote.
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one question, i saw the HTPC in Amazon and they´ll sell the HTPC without OS, that´s normal?
* ASRock ION 330HT (Intel Atom 330 1,6GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Nvidia ION, DVD, not
SO)
well, i think i go for the Acer Revo, it´s small, looks good, i don´t need an optical drive, but wich are the difference between XBMC Live and XBMC normal version? if i just want to installed in the HTPC...
Plataform: AMD FX-8120 | ATI Radeon HD7800 | 16Gb Corsair
| 500Gb Samsung + 320Gb + 1,5Tb | Windows 7 Professional 64Bits | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium| Creative Inspire T6160 5.1
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XBMC Live is a complete OS, XBMC normal version is just a program.
You want the Live OS.
