2012-12-23, 05:23
HTPC-
Well, I decided not to go with Intel NUC after all. After I visited Best Buy, I'm in love with the little Alienware X51 mini gaming PC black case. The case will look very nice on my black LED TV stand. It'll matches up with my black XBOX 360, Sony PS3, Onkyo receiver and Directv receiver. It looks very similar to XBOX 360 case. With all the power house components in it, it is not that much bigger than XBOX 360 case either. I decided to go with the more powerful Alienware X51 because I want my new HTPC to be able to do gaming, blu-ray transcoding, blu-ray editing, etc faster. The Alienware X51 with Intel i7-3770 and gaming Nvidia graphic card should give me enough horse power to do all the above. I was going to build it myself, but I cannot find any reasonable price case that will match up well with my XBOX 360 and PS3.....
HTPC Spec-
-Alienware X51 mini gaming PC- "One-stop gaming and entertainment system".......
-Planning to add these- Asus SBW-06D2X-U external blu-ray writer, Crucial m4 64GB SSD and Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard
Surround sound system-
-Onkyo HT-RC270 (own)
-LED HDTV 56" 3D (own)
-Subwoofer 12" 300W RMS (own)
-Energy Take Classic 5.1 5.1CH Premium Home Theater System (I like the sounds from these speakers, but it might not look good on the ceiling. I like the look of Orb Audio Mod1 speakers, but I'm not sure how good the sounds from the very small speakers. I want to install the Speakercraft AIM5 One Fully Pivoting High Fidelity In-Ceiling Loudspeaker, but I don't want to cut the ceiling. It is very expensive too.)
-Pinpoint Mounts AM20 Speaker Mount
Do you have a better idea?
Well, I decided not to go with Intel NUC after all. After I visited Best Buy, I'm in love with the little Alienware X51 mini gaming PC black case. The case will look very nice on my black LED TV stand. It'll matches up with my black XBOX 360, Sony PS3, Onkyo receiver and Directv receiver. It looks very similar to XBOX 360 case. With all the power house components in it, it is not that much bigger than XBOX 360 case either. I decided to go with the more powerful Alienware X51 because I want my new HTPC to be able to do gaming, blu-ray transcoding, blu-ray editing, etc faster. The Alienware X51 with Intel i7-3770 and gaming Nvidia graphic card should give me enough horse power to do all the above. I was going to build it myself, but I cannot find any reasonable price case that will match up well with my XBOX 360 and PS3.....
HTPC Spec-
-Alienware X51 mini gaming PC- "One-stop gaming and entertainment system".......
-Planning to add these- Asus SBW-06D2X-U external blu-ray writer, Crucial m4 64GB SSD and Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard
Surround sound system-
-Onkyo HT-RC270 (own)
-LED HDTV 56" 3D (own)
-Subwoofer 12" 300W RMS (own)
-Energy Take Classic 5.1 5.1CH Premium Home Theater System (I like the sounds from these speakers, but it might not look good on the ceiling. I like the look of Orb Audio Mod1 speakers, but I'm not sure how good the sounds from the very small speakers. I want to install the Speakercraft AIM5 One Fully Pivoting High Fidelity In-Ceiling Loudspeaker, but I don't want to cut the ceiling. It is very expensive too.)
-Pinpoint Mounts AM20 Speaker Mount
Do you have a better idea?