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<blockquote data-quote="BAMxi" data-source="post: 811582" data-attributes="member: 116765"><p>Thanks for the replies! I'm glad I'm not alone in being overwhelmed, porky. And Paranoid, I must've missed that thread previously, thanks for sharing. I'm seeing that zotac has a lot of options. Tompa, I'll check out your recommendation as well. I do have a pretty decent desktop (radeon 4870, phenom quad core, 3.5TB of storage) that I built several years ago, so I'm thinking about either selling it to fund the purchase/build of an htpc for my living room, or possibly repurposing it for this task. I'm confident the specs would be fine, but it's a full ATX board, so it's 1. HUGE and 2. Loud (it's got 4 case fans). I pretty much only use it for storing and downloading media right now, and use my laptop for everything else. I did have it streaming to my PS3, but you all know the downfalls of that, I'm sure. I guess another option would be to maybe look into getting a micro ATX case and board, and swapping over all of my other parts (not sure if my vid card would even fit...it's huge!). Just too many options! Anyway, keep all of the feedback coming. If I do a build, I plan on putting up some pics to chronicle it from parts to a working htpc.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="BAMxi, post: 811582, member: 116765"] Thanks for the replies! I'm glad I'm not alone in being overwhelmed, porky. And Paranoid, I must've missed that thread previously, thanks for sharing. I'm seeing that zotac has a lot of options. Tompa, I'll check out your recommendation as well. I do have a pretty decent desktop (radeon 4870, phenom quad core, 3.5TB of storage) that I built several years ago, so I'm thinking about either selling it to fund the purchase/build of an htpc for my living room, or possibly repurposing it for this task. I'm confident the specs would be fine, but it's a full ATX board, so it's 1. HUGE and 2. Loud (it's got 4 case fans). I pretty much only use it for storing and downloading media right now, and use my laptop for everything else. I did have it streaming to my PS3, but you all know the downfalls of that, I'm sure. I guess another option would be to maybe look into getting a micro ATX case and board, and swapping over all of my other parts (not sure if my vid card would even fit...it's huge!). Just too many options! Anyway, keep all of the feedback coming. If I do a build, I plan on putting up some pics to chronicle it from parts to a working htpc. [/QUOTE]

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