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I've been asked by one of my family members to set them up with XBMC, so it's time to choose some hardware. It's been a while since I chose my own system (ASRock ION 330), so I'm wondering what is currently being recommended as the perfect NetTop/HTPC that works with XBMC Live straight out of the box. Is it still the ASRock ION 330 (I doubt it since it's a good year or two old now)?

Chances are this has been asked before in the last month or two, but I wasn't able to find it (all the search results seem to be for custom build HTPC) ... so if you know of a similar thread feel free to post the link.

Thanks,
Harry

My Zotac ID40 worked pretty much out of the box. No remote though, so I had to rangle an IR receiver (USB) and got it working with my Harmony One.
I'm running XBMCLive on it.

I have succesfully set up a Shuttle XS35GT and love the piece since it's absolutely silent when used with an SSD (or USB). I stream 1080 content without any kind of problems and use some HP IR receiver bought off Ebay for remote control (also worked right out of the box).

Only two things I had to fiddle with was LAN (adding two command lines to a file) and setting a few echo commands to keep power on the USB ports for remote wake up to work. I don't use WLAN, so don't know if that would take some tweaking as well.

I followed this guide and if you happen to choose a Shuttle I advice you to read the last comment post, where I specify the steps in the guide not needed as of the latest Dharma.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=115490

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=103135

http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/product...re-pc.aspx