- January 17, 2011
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Hello all,
I built my first HTPC in 2011. As a starter I give an overview of the hardware:
My plan is to use this setup to build a server (mediaportal 2 or not, depends on what you say) and put it somewhere out of sight. I then want a small client for the living room.
Some considerations:
As I live in belgium TV playback is not necessary (or even possible with my provider).
The client should be silent enough to use in the living room
The client should be small, maybe even m-ITX if this has a good performance.
I've read the wiki and where I would go for Intel in the past, would it be better for my budget to go to AMD at the present?
Looking forward to your comments. If you have any more questions I'd be happy to answer them.
I built my first HTPC in 2011. As a starter I give an overview of the hardware:
- i3 550 processor
- Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 motherboard (ATX)
- EN9500GT graphics card
- Samsung spinpoint F2 ecogreen (1.5TB)
- 2x2GB DDR3 - 1333 MHz ram
My plan is to use this setup to build a server (mediaportal 2 or not, depends on what you say) and put it somewhere out of sight. I then want a small client for the living room.
Some considerations:
As I live in belgium TV playback is not necessary (or even possible with my provider).
The client should be silent enough to use in the living room
The client should be small, maybe even m-ITX if this has a good performance.
I've read the wiki and where I would go for Intel in the past, would it be better for my budget to go to AMD at the present?
Looking forward to your comments. If you have any more questions I'd be happy to answer them.