2012-09-25, 10:41
I've been looking into changing my two htpcs.
I'm now left with two options; a custom build or a zbox ad04 with agility agility 60gb ssd and and 4gb 1333MHz ram.
The most potent custom build I could come up with in the same price range is as follows:
ASUS P8B75-M LX, Socket-1155 m-ATX, B75, DDR3, 1xG3-PCIe-x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, 1xPCI, VGA, DVI, UEFI
ASUS Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 Silent PCI-Express 2.1, DVI, native-HDMI, HDCP, "low-profile"
Chieftec A-85 Series CTB-350S 350W PSU ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus Bronze, Standard, 3x SATA, 3x Molex, 120mm
Corsair Value S. DDR3 1333MHz 8GB KIT Kit w/2x 4GB, Unbuffered, CL9-9-9-24, 240pin, 1.5V, for Intel and AMD DDR3
Intel® Pentium® Processor G630T Socket-LGA1155, Dual Core, 2.2Ghz, 3MB, 35W, Boxed w/fan
OCZ SSD Agility 3 Series 2.5" 60GB SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 525MB/475MB/s read/write, SandForce® SF-2281
Silverstone Milo SST-ML03B HTPC Sort mATX, mDTX, mITX, 2x USB 3.0, Audio
What I want to to use them for:
Stream sd, 720p, 1080p and 3d h-sbs (max 6mBs)
Play 7.1 hd audio
Run skins like aeon
I don't care about netflix, hulu, blue ray or anything like that.
The size and performance is very different between these two setups.
But what's the best choice?
I'm open to OS suggestions
I'm now left with two options; a custom build or a zbox ad04 with agility agility 60gb ssd and and 4gb 1333MHz ram.
The most potent custom build I could come up with in the same price range is as follows:
ASUS P8B75-M LX, Socket-1155 m-ATX, B75, DDR3, 1xG3-PCIe-x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, 1xPCI, VGA, DVI, UEFI
ASUS Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 Silent PCI-Express 2.1, DVI, native-HDMI, HDCP, "low-profile"
Chieftec A-85 Series CTB-350S 350W PSU ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus Bronze, Standard, 3x SATA, 3x Molex, 120mm
Corsair Value S. DDR3 1333MHz 8GB KIT Kit w/2x 4GB, Unbuffered, CL9-9-9-24, 240pin, 1.5V, for Intel and AMD DDR3
Intel® Pentium® Processor G630T Socket-LGA1155, Dual Core, 2.2Ghz, 3MB, 35W, Boxed w/fan
OCZ SSD Agility 3 Series 2.5" 60GB SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 525MB/475MB/s read/write, SandForce® SF-2281
Silverstone Milo SST-ML03B HTPC Sort mATX, mDTX, mITX, 2x USB 3.0, Audio
What I want to to use them for:
Stream sd, 720p, 1080p and 3d h-sbs (max 6mBs)
Play 7.1 hd audio
Run skins like aeon
I don't care about netflix, hulu, blue ray or anything like that.
The size and performance is very different between these two setups.
But what's the best choice?
I'm open to OS suggestions