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boom123 · (This post was last modified: 2012-07-24, 14:49 by boom123.)

Hi all,
Firstly i want to thank everybody involved in the XBMC project, what a great opensource project that it is. I am familiar with it since the glory days of xbox Smile

I want your input to decide if Zotac HD41 its a good case for running openelec. I would rarely play 1080p, 720p is my main target. What most concers me is how silent is that pc, can anybody who has it give me a feedback?
Around the same price is the Shuttle XS35GTV2 - which is fanless and from what i am reading it can do really well with 720p even with 1080p...

waiting for ur comments.

**Dougie Fresh** · 2012-07-24, 19:49

The D525 in the XS35GTV2 is not a good HTPC platform. The GMA3150 graphics will do 720p at best and maybe not all that well. 1080p is a no-go. At $250 for a barebones it's not worth the price either. For $40 you could get a Intel G530-based barebones that'll run circles around it.

boom123 · (This post was last modified: 2012-07-25, 09:17 by boom123.)

thank you for your answer Dougie. Im already thinking of building a custom htpc...so is there any mobo that can u propose for that CPU? My goal is to use a mini ITX board with pico psu and the less fans possible...
openelec will be my OS.

Also, why escro at this theard is using a dedicated GPU? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?pid...post841972. Isnt't the build-in capable enough?

boom123 · 2012-07-25, 10:13

found the answer..its the intels 24p problem. so any propose for mini itx with an integrated cpu+gpu?

**Dougie Fresh** · 2012-07-25, 15:15

Beware that no GPU, integrated or discrete, does perfect 24p. There's a thread here about it and over at AVSForum. The integrated GPUs do just fine. Something Intel G503/G620 or A6-3500 based is a much better choice.

You might like these depending on your budget:
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5g530.html
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5a63500.html

boom123 · 2012-07-25, 15:23

(2012-07-25, 15:15)Dougie Fresh Wrote: Beware that no GPU, integrated or discrete, does perfect 24p. There's a thread here about it and over at AVSForum. The integrated GPUs do just fine. Something Intel G503/G620 or A6-3500 based is a much better choice.

You might like these depending on your budget:
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5g530.html
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5a63500.html

thanks man. those two barebones that u refer to, can they run openelec with no major issues? i am interested especially in the AMD A6-3500.

**Dougie Fresh** · (This post was last modified: 2012-07-25, 15:29 by Dougie Fresh.)

(2012-07-25, 15:23)boom123 Wrote:
(2012-07-25, 15:15)Dougie Fresh Wrote: Beware that no GPU, integrated or discrete, does perfect 24p. There's a thread here about it and over at AVSForum. The integrated GPUs do just fine. Something Intel G503/G620 or A6-3500 based is a much better choice.

You might like these depending on your budget:
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5g530.html
http://www.ecosmartpc.com/ei5a63500.html

thanks man. those two barebones that u refer to, can they run openelec with no major issues? i am interested especially in the AMD A6-3500.

You can use either the Fusion stable build or the latest Beta. It looks like there were some recent issues but they're sorted.

http://openelec.tv/get-openelec

Look under Fusion.

I haven't personally tried OpenELEC but there are builds for both Fusion and Intel graphics. I am not sure which is best however.