my first HTPC build
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with the recommendation of another XBMC user, i've developed my first HTPC build:

Asus Eee EB1012P
Kingston 8GB SD card (for OS)
4GB Crucial RAM
HP IR Receiver

D-Link ShareCenter Pulse DNS-320
(2) 2TB WD Caviar Green drives

I am excited to get all the gear and try my hand at installing XBMC.

are there any items I'm missing? anything that I should be cautious of?

Thanks in advance!
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for the record, 4GB's of ram is too much....

OpenELEC runs fine even on 1GB...
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XBMC will run on 4GB of ram though, right?

the price difference wasn't much, and i'm a fan of overkill.
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#4
well, 4GB's for you then Tongue
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stadtjunge Wrote:the price difference wasn't much, and i'm a fan of overkill.

A fan of overkill (or heck just a fan of decent performance) would get a real SSD for the OS rather than try to run off a SD card. I have done both and the superior controllers and memory used in a SSD makes it night and day. And you linked a Class 4 card- mine was a class 10 and my slowest SSD would still run rings around its boot time!

Seriously, even this SSD will destroy that SD card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820139427

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poofyhairguy Wrote:A fan of overkill (or heck just a fan of decent performance) would get...
I had similar thoughts but did not know where to begin.
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