2013-09-09, 17:52
Hi all, I'd like to thank everyone here for their helpful contributions, I've done hours of research and read many guides in my search to build a great HTPC. I'd love some advice/critiques on the hardware I've chosen so far to make sure I'm going in the right direction:
Zotac zbox ad04
ADATA Premier Pro SP900 64gb ssd
G.SKILL 4gb ram
Planning on running this on openelec, will connect my 1TB external hard drive via usb.
This will be for my living room tv, however I also wanted to see what options I had for my bedroom tv as well. Is there a multi-streaming option from the zbox? Should I set up a smaller system on a rasbpi for the bedroom tv? Ideally I'd have it using the same media library.
edit: I want to use the system for 720/1080 streaming, netflix, watching some streaming live sports via nhl gamecenter, some basic video game emulators. connecting via hdmi to samsung 5.1 bluray home theatre. thanks for your help!
Zotac zbox ad04
ADATA Premier Pro SP900 64gb ssd
G.SKILL 4gb ram
Planning on running this on openelec, will connect my 1TB external hard drive via usb.
This will be for my living room tv, however I also wanted to see what options I had for my bedroom tv as well. Is there a multi-streaming option from the zbox? Should I set up a smaller system on a rasbpi for the bedroom tv? Ideally I'd have it using the same media library.
edit: I want to use the system for 720/1080 streaming, netflix, watching some streaming live sports via nhl gamecenter, some basic video game emulators. connecting via hdmi to samsung 5.1 bluray home theatre. thanks for your help!