Asrock IonStar 330

JudgeC · 9 Oct 2009 at 12:25

I am looking to get one of these as an HTPC.

It's duties will be streaming MPG2 & MKV files from my NAS, watching iPlayer/Sky Player stuff and as a PVR.

I was wondering if anyone who has one of these could let me know their experiences of the above and let me know what OS/Applications they are running.

Cheers

JudgeC

JudgeC · 16 Oct 2009 at 09:56

I bit the bullet and so far I am very impressed with the ASRock Ion system.
It's running Windows 7 RC and I am playing around with various players/codecs to get best performance for HD playback.

One question for people who have upgraded the ASRock to 4GB, which memory did you opt for.

JudgeC · 16 Oct 2009 at 13:21

I might order up 4GB of Kingston HyperX PC6400, did you notice a big increase in general performance from the upgrade.
Also, what O/S are you running on yours

JudgeC · 19 Oct 2009 at 10:53

[RB}, what software/codecs are you running for HD movie playback.
I have been trying various combinations, including Media Portal, MPC-HC & MCE with Shark007 codec pack.
The results have been mixed and it's a case of finding the best mix of performance with ease of access and usability.