2011-02-01, 22:34
Hello! I've considered getting a Zotac box with a SSD during my first venture into getting a HTPC and found that while it's definitely capable of XBMC I had found that the Aeon skin can run a little sluggish. I know some development is underway for creating a more CPU friendly skin of Aeon, but future skin creation left me with a little doubt as far as Zotac being able to keep fluid transitions throughout my entire XBMC experience. I currently have a WD LIVE TV, and it's quite blah in comparison to XBMC that I use to have running on my original Xbox.
I will be running a QNAP 219p+ NAS on the network for my media. I will only utilize the XBMC Live OS instead of running Windows 7 as I only want to use this box for XBMC. I also have a Harmony Remote and was wondering if this build I had drawn up was overkill.
CASE - nMEDIAPC HTPC 5000B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811204035
MOBO - ASUS M4A785-M AM3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813131595
GPU - SPARKLE GeForce GT 430 1GB 128-bit DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814187121
PSU - Antec Green EA-380D Green 380W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817371033
CPU - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103687
SSD OS - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820227550
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231166
Subtotal: $519.93
This is what I currently have thought about doing but I'm not sure if this is overkill. I don't want any PVR capabilities and I wont be using any kind of bluray player on this unit. I would also need to get one of those IR sensor hooked up this via USB to make my Harmony remote work. Thank you for reading.
I will be running a QNAP 219p+ NAS on the network for my media. I will only utilize the XBMC Live OS instead of running Windows 7 as I only want to use this box for XBMC. I also have a Harmony Remote and was wondering if this build I had drawn up was overkill.
CASE - nMEDIAPC HTPC 5000B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811204035
MOBO - ASUS M4A785-M AM3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813131595
GPU - SPARKLE GeForce GT 430 1GB 128-bit DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814187121
PSU - Antec Green EA-380D Green 380W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817371033
CPU - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103687
SSD OS - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820227550
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231166
Subtotal: $519.93
This is what I currently have thought about doing but I'm not sure if this is overkill. I don't want any PVR capabilities and I wont be using any kind of bluray player on this unit. I would also need to get one of those IR sensor hooked up this via USB to make my Harmony remote work. Thank you for reading.