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UPDATE: No rebate necessary now as it's $60.
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The included RAM is $40 if you were to purchase it, so (and it gets 5 Eggs with 1,062 reviews so it's not junk), so for an extra $20 you get a...
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1080p files depend but so far they tend to skip but every 10 seconds or so (very annoying). I am trying to play 1080p DTS AC3 x264 or similar encode.
Oh and Netflix HD lags pretty bad and its...
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I bought this which means I now have 2x as many HTPCs as I do TVs / Projectors in the house. BNTL ("Buy Now. Think Later") that's the SD way! :)
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Had a new Cooler Master 650W PSU lying on the original box since 2007, so what the heck, for $100 I can have this Biostar MB+CPU+RAM and the Cooler Master Elite 120, which should make an OK HTPC.
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I have. I see normal people are buying the "cool thing" now which is tablets/smartphones. People have no need to upgrade anything about their desktops because there is no reason anymore. 5+ year...
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Biostar is one of those City of Industry, CA rebates. It never comes on its own. They think most people won't even bother for $10, and they are probably right. They have flat out ignored my emails...
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Does someone have a good link on the reasons to build an HTPC over let's say a Roku or tricked out PS3 or other media device?
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I think lot of people are looking at this as Ram with free MOBO :)
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No one can answer that for you. It really depends on what you watch/ use and how you store your media. For ex. If you just use Netflix then a htpc or even a ps3 is a huge waste of power.
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You will have to run a vm with widows to do Netflix on Linux. This CPU would accomplish this poorly.
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+2 for nova. really good stuff.
Thanks for the tip, might have to get 120mm and an adapter like you suggested.
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Tried to test this on my e350 using W8 ToGo and the damn app fubars with a graphics error but works fine using Explorer. I always test the HD streams against the first episode of Legend of the...
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The E-350 AMD CPU is much, much faster than the C-50 (and don't get me started on the Atoms). Passmark gives it a rating of around 800, so it should even outperform some older core2duos. Even without...
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I use MS Media Center, and the tuner card - don't recall now. Been running MCE for about 10 years, and can't believe more people don't do this. Last year I had a cable card, but hated the cable...
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Hello SDers. Anybody found a deal for a case with power supply?
What do you think about this $30 AR free shipping?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208049
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Correctly encoded backups will play perfectly. Illegally downloaded, incorrectly encoded crap may have problems.
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^^^^ True. Good summary.
Have also heard complaints about Netflix 1080p.. I'm not holding my breath, but it's even possible that Microsoft has fixed Silverlight by now. Thanks to SDer DirtBag for...
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This one has a hd 5450 . I had that in my win 7 htpc, I had to upgrade as it failed the "digital cable advisor" test required for cable card tuners. It worked well for most 1080p (h264, vc1, mpeg2)...
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This is a hell of a deal for $60 AR. For $60 you get:
CPU
GPU
Mobo
8GB DDR3 RAM
USB3
Gigabit
6gb SATA
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I unplugged the fan on my Gigabyte e350 and used a 120mm case fan. You just have to be creative on mounting it depending on what case you put it in.
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Unless you have Windows 8, which has done away with it. Or Windows starter/home basic
It's also very resource hungry. If you don't use the PVR functions and you have a small form factor htpc,...
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Intel NUC:
I don't think consumers are going to have a choice in size anymore as large boxes aren't selling as consumers and holding on too long. The consumer desktop is going to be...
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well most consumers are not buying this motherboard either so your point if kind of moot
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I can confirm this.
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You must not have been to a Bestbuy/Staples/Apple/Circuit City store recently. Normal People still pay to have their ram upgraded
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I want to upgrade my old Optiplex 765 with this mainboard and processor. Will this fit in the same case? ANyone has any experience in installing non dell motherboard into optiplex? I searched in...
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What CPU is it?
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You don't even have to count the numbers. In my room, PS3 can practically be my heater. Whereas my Proliant N40L doesn't seem to output as much heat.
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Good point. This one still needs case, psu, HD, wifi, purchases ... if you don't already have those. Which would pretty much put the price point at about the same.
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I did not have this board personally but I had a msi board with the e-350 (essentially the same). IF the video can be accelerated via gpu then the machine will play it wonderfully. The dual core cpu...
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Added the link to the $10 rebate.
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Repped.
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Nice deal and TU'd even though I won't be purchasing. You can build a low-end desktop PC for next to nothing now, incredible. I've had the same rig since probably 2002 or so, think I'll wait another...
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I tried to access netflix in XBMC, but it takes me to NetFlix website. What version of XBMC are you using? Do you have a repository for NetFlix? I can't get NetFlix run on my media center. Thanks.
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-Can someone explain to me what kind of sata plugs the board has versus the sata extensions that come from the case? They don't seem to connect.
I bought this case also... There are no sata...
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I'm not running XBMC......sorry can't help. I'm just using this thing as you would any computer running Win7.
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I'm running Win7 without any issues. Have not tried anything cpu intensive, just surfing, netflix, movies, etc.
Installed a 120GB SSD as primary, and a 500GB HDD for storage; along with a DVD...
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Bikeman,
I don't have the case yet, but I just ordered it. It should be ok. All my last year builds have been mini-itx and I have gotten a few itx cases. They r all ok, it just comes down to what...
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Good Point but if you ever want to overide that failed test and see how your video card does witht that cable card turner you can overide the digital cable advisor. See this link for details and a...
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Same here, Biostar is hit or miss for me, did total of 3 biostar rebate before, 1 I got, 1 I had to enlist the help from Fry's electronics, and the very last one from beginning of this year was...
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