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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!! 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... |