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Cheap and little 1080P box - acesup_11 - 2011-02-11
I have a NAS that streams my blu-ray mkv backups. I want to build a box that has HDMI out for audio and video. I need it to be able to play back 1080P and would like to possibly be able to watch Hulu and some other flash or silverlight high def content. I also need to make sure the playback of the MKV files doesnt require too much that they were encoded correctly because I didn't know about the different L4 and L5 and I needed that to get hardware acceleration to work. I would like it to be as small as possible and as silent as possible. I also want to run XBMC full version along with full version of AEON skin as well. Thanks so much everyone and have a great day...
ps. the cheaper the better thanks.
- eskro - 2011-02-11
i dont think i can suggest something lower than ~$375 USD...
Still good?
- Rauf27 - 2011-02-11
eskro - why u cant suggest this build - [Mini-ITX] Atom 330 2x1.6Ghz + ION1 (BareBone) $186 -?
- eskro - 2011-02-11
im afraid you'll run into problems when viewing High Def SilverLight stuff....
- maxinc - 2011-02-11
And advanced skins like AEON.
- eskro - 2011-02-11
AEON as i know it would be too heavy....
thats why i cant suggest something lower than ~$375 USD... (included RAM & SSD)
- Rauf27 - 2011-02-11
eskro could you please make a suggestion ? i am interested too.
acesup_11 sorry for using your thread, i think we are in the same page.
- eskro - 2011-02-11
Like i said,
i could be wrong but,
if the plan is to watch SilverLight HD stuff,
im afraid the ION motherboards aren't powerful enough...
till someone proves me wrong, i would suggest one of these 2 build,
please note that these are BareBone builds...
Meaning, RAM and Hard Drives aren't included...
Those are left-out purposely so you can choose them yourself according to your needs!
[Micro-ATX] Celeron 2x2.6Ghz + GT210 ($241)
[Micro-ATX] Athlon 2x3.0Ghz + GT210 ($254)
So feel free to swap any parts at any given time because in the end,
everybody has different tastes right!?
- Rauf27 - 2011-02-11
What is difference in this case between Celeron and Athlon ? which on is better ?
- bmcclure937 - 2011-02-11
I personally prefer AMD Athlon over the Celeron. If I went with Intel I would, without a doubt, purchase the Core i3 530. It has a great heat profile and solid performance.
- eskro - 2011-02-11
If you feel like thanking me for my work, you can DONATE --> Here 
[CPU] Intel Core I3-2105 Dual-Core 3.1GHz LGA1155 65W ($135 + $0)
[mobo] ASUS P8H61-M LX (REV 3.0) LGA-1155 UEFI μATX ($70 + $0)
[GPU] ZOTAC GT210 512MB DDR3 64-bit Fanless Low Profile ($35 + $0)
[case] SILVERSTONE ML03B μATX ($60 + $0)
[PSU] SeaSonic SS-400ET 80+ Bronze 400W ATX12V ($43 + $9)
TOTAL: ($352)
** i3-2105 CPU should be used with DDR3-1066MHz or DDR3-1333MHz memory sticks only **
- 4public - 2011-02-11
Zotac Zbox HD-ID11 Intel Atom 510 Hyperthreading NVIDIA ION2 HDMI DVI LAN eSATA WLAN Barebone NetTop for 201.78 $ (After mail in rebate)
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=53255
Who is cheaper?
- eskro - 2011-02-11
4public, he wants to to watch Hulu and some silverlight high def content!!
the Anemic ATOM cpu's cant cope with that...
and also the AEON skin is a heavy duty skin,,,
- acesup_11 - 2011-02-11
eskro Wrote:4public, he wants to to watch Hulu and some silverlight high def content!!
the Anemic ATOM cpu's cant cope with that...
and also the AEON skin is a heavy duty skin,,,
Thanks so much I appreciate the help. I would like to be around $350 for all the parts definitely under $400 I love the form factor of mini- itx/atx but is there any benefit to going with micro itx/atx ? So I hope that is more information that can help with the suggestions. I have to admit another $20-30 wouldn't kill me if its really worth the upgrade.
- eskro - 2011-02-11
at equal price of a Micro-ATX build, the mini-ITX build will be less powerful...
thats what you have to kinda 'sacrifice' by going with a small form factor box...