New Bedroom Htpc
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Ok guys this weekend I would like to order my parts for a bedroom htpc. As you can see from my sig I already have put together my main living room htpc. What i am looking fot is something that can stream mostly 720p but i have some 1080p movies. This will be hooked up to a wired network and my movies are stored on a usb hard drive connected to my pc. I would like to try linux or open elec i have no need for high def audio and this will strictly be for xbmc use no internet or anything else I want an appliance feel to it.
next is I have a buget of $250 for everything i will not be able to go over this or care to.

i was looking at this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856119061 (Foxconn SFF R50-A1 AMD E-350 APU ) or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856173027 (Zotac ZBOXNANO-AD10-U)

Which one if any would serve my purpose and if i use openelec do i need to buy a hard drive

Thanks for all your help guys
My HTPC AMD A8-3870K CPU/ SilverStone ML03B/ASRock MB-A75M /Seasonic SS-400ET/Corsair XMS3 4GB
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#2
About the only difference I can find in those two systems is the Zbox has wifi and blutooth built in. If you don't need those, then I'd say the cheaper system is your better choice for the savings it provides.

Openelec does not need a hard drive to install to.
HTPC 1 - AMD A8-3870K, ASRock A75M, Silverstone ML03B, Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1866, Crucial M4 64GB SSD
HTPC 2 - HP Stream Mini, 6GB Ram
unRAID 6 Server - Intel Celeron G1610, 20TB Storage

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#3
i vote for zbox
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