HI All,
I have an older (few years old now) that i want to build into a cheap HTPC.
It is a eMachines EL1600 with an Atom 230 processor, 1Gb Ram. I have an SSD i can use for the HD rather than the mechanical one in there.
I went out and got a GT210 graphics card for it not realising it only had a PCI slot in it. Its been a while and now cant return the graphics card so am after a replacement.
I plan on using XBMC live or OpenElec on it
I have done a little bit of research on it and still not to sure on choosing hardware. Can anyone tell me if either of these two cards are fine for use.
I guess this machine will fit into group 3. I have a few BD rippped to my server but my receiver wont decode DTS audio. Or am i wasting my time with this PC to start with?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814133364
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-8400GS-8400-...136wt_1185
Thanks in advance for ya help
PCI graphics card
infinityteg
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2011-11-03 04:52
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thethirdnut
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2011-11-03 05:26
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A more modern suggestion:
http://www.zotacusa.com/geforce-gt-520-z...0-10l.html Brand-new chipset that they decided to produce in PCI as well. If I helped out pls give me a + XBMC1: i3-540, 4GB, GT430, 40GB SSD, Ubuntu 10.10 min + Dharma -> HT: 58" plasma, Denon 3808CI, Paradigm Studio 60, CC-590, ADP-470, Seismic 12 XBMC2: Atom330, 4GB, GT240, 64GB SSD, Ubuntu 12.04 min + Frodo B1 -> Main: 50" plasma, Rotel RX-1052, B&W 683 Server: 20TB FreeBSD + ZFS solution |
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infinityteg
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2011-11-03 05:31
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Thanks,
any clues on where to buy that will ship internationally? cheers steve |
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thethirdnut
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2011-11-03 05:47
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Found this on their parent site.
http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=co...74&lang=en Here in North America carried lots of places. If I helped out pls give me a + XBMC1: i3-540, 4GB, GT430, 40GB SSD, Ubuntu 10.10 min + Dharma -> HT: 58" plasma, Denon 3808CI, Paradigm Studio 60, CC-590, ADP-470, Seismic 12 XBMC2: Atom330, 4GB, GT240, 64GB SSD, Ubuntu 12.04 min + Frodo B1 -> Main: 50" plasma, Rotel RX-1052, B&W 683 Server: 20TB FreeBSD + ZFS solution |
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