2014-11-03, 15:20
ive just bought the prometheus intel 17 box - waiting on it arriving
(2014-10-27, 14:32)John_AFC Wrote: Has anyone bought a prometheus htpc? Need to find a box that won't buffer on live HD footage with a crappy Internet connection, looking for a powerful box under £200
(2014-11-24, 23:14)hi_its_me_scott Wrote: Hello all,
A couple of years ago I built a small htpc using this guide. A few months back lightning came in through the phone line and fried something on the mobo. The networking component? (I don't know what I'm talking about) Movies would still stream from my server, but they were choppy. I questioned the problem in an online forum looking for a solution. An awesome member helped me to see that the htpc was streaming at 10Mbs whereas it had been at 100Mbs. My options were to install a network card or a usb/ethernet adaptor. I purchased a fast usb/ethernet adaptor since my case is tiny and there was no room for another card...now that I think about it I don't even think there is an available slot if I had gone that route. But that didn't work and the choppiness remained.
Anyhow, I've been using my laptop in place of the htpc and I'm ready to get the problem fixed. I'm going to replace the mobo, but I noticed the one I used isn't available anymore. I can find it around the web for 2-3x what I originally paid for it, but I figure an upgrade will be cheaper. Can anyone suggest a replacement? The original mobo and parts I used are listed below. I don't think it would matter, but I mostly use the machine to run kodi.
Here are the components I used:
ASRock H67M-ITX Socket 1155/ Intel H67/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&V&GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard
XFX Radeon HD 6450 625M 1GB DDR3 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Video Card HD645XZQH2
Intel Core i3-2100 Dual-Core Processor 3.1 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I32100
Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 4 GB Kit (2x2GB Modules) 1333 (PC3 10666) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G
MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply
Thank you either way!
(2014-11-24, 23:14)hi_its_me_scott Wrote: Hello all,
A couple of years ago I built a small htpc using this guide. A few months back lightning came in through the phone line and fried something on the mobo. The networking component? (I don't know what I'm talking about) Movies would still stream from my server, but they were choppy. I questioned the problem in an online forum looking for a solution. An awesome member helped me to see that the htpc was streaming at 10Mbs whereas it had been at 100Mbs. My options were to install a network card or a usb/ethernet adaptor. I purchased a fast usb/ethernet adaptor since my case is tiny and there was no room for another card...now that I think about it I don't even think there is an available slot if I had gone that route. But that didn't work and the choppiness remained.
Anyhow, I've been using my laptop in place of the htpc and I'm ready to get the problem fixed. I'm going to replace the mobo, but I noticed the one I used isn't available anymore. I can find it around the web for 2-3x what I originally paid for it, but I figure an upgrade will be cheaper. Can anyone suggest a replacement? The original mobo and parts I used are listed below. I don't think it would matter, but I mostly use the machine to run kodi.
Here are the components I used:
ASRock H67M-ITX Socket 1155/ Intel H67/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&V&GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard
XFX Radeon HD 6450 625M 1GB DDR3 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Video Card HD645XZQH2
Intel Core i3-2100 Dual-Core Processor 3.1 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I32100
Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 4 GB Kit (2x2GB Modules) 1333 (PC3 10666) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G
MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply
Thank you either way!
(2015-01-03, 01:05)imanz Wrote: Is this any reason the "Windows" builds cannot be used for Linux? Specifically OpenELEC? I believe the drivers should be fine but could someone check my build and let me know because it seems every month there is a patch that will fix some specific issue.
Requirements:
1. 1080p with hd audio, typically watch dvd rips.. my average movie download is 5-6GB for a 1.5 hour movie.
2. Additionally will be connected to MythTV backend for live TV. MythTV backend is a VM running in ESXI 5.5 on a dedicated server
3. Silent
BUILD:
1. Streacom ST-FC8B - http://www.amazon.com/Streacom-ST-FC8B-E...VCSO4PYH3S
2. ADATA PRO SP 600 32GB SSD http://www.amazon.com/Streacom-ST-FC8B-E...VCSO4PYH3S
3. AMD A6-6400k - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CPLG...UFUQOQTCYS
4. Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FYKN...PDKIKX0DER
5. Already have 2 * 4GB DDR3 for 8GB total
7. Already have 150W pico PSU w/ 144Watt brick
This is very similar to one of the windows builds, I am just wondering if this will be powerful enough as I mostly use intel CPUs in my builds and if I will have any driver issues with linux.
Thank you