spec me a small form HD HTPC
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wow, thanks for the great reply and help
One other thing i forgot to mention is, is the case bigger enough to have a dvd dual layer writer?
I won't need the TV card, as i am not looking for watching any kind of TV, recording or anything like that.
What would be nice to know is, can these components be interchangeable, let's say i want to build a wicked PC for gaming can i take these parts out and add them to another PC easily?
Also is there room in the case to put a good graphics card for playing the latest games, i am only looking to play media and games at 1280x720p as that is the native resolution of my cinema projector?
TIA
Edit: Is it possible with this current case to have the SD card slot built inside the case?
Also is it possible to get a wifi card without an antenna? A bit like the Nintendo Wii, you know that has 802.11g built inside but the Wii does not have any antenna at the back
One other thing i forgot to mention is, is the case bigger enough to have a dvd dual layer writer?
I won't need the TV card, as i am not looking for watching any kind of TV, recording or anything like that.
What would be nice to know is, can these components be interchangeable, let's say i want to build a wicked PC for gaming can i take these parts out and add them to another PC easily?
Also is there room in the case to put a good graphics card for playing the latest games, i am only looking to play media and games at 1280x720p as that is the native resolution of my cinema projector?
TIA
Edit: Is it possible with this current case to have the SD card slot built inside the case?
Also is it possible to get a wifi card without an antenna? A bit like the Nintendo Wii, you know that has 802.11g built inside but the Wii does not have any antenna at the back
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hey guys, thanks for the replies
I would like to put a top end graphics card in there, as at some point i would like to then take it out and put it into a proper desktop gaming PC. I thought if i could have the best of both worlds gaming and media while having a PC look like an HTPC then that would be awesome if possible.
I would like to put a top end graphics card in there, as at some point i would like to then take it out and put it into a proper desktop gaming PC. I thought if i could have the best of both worlds gaming and media while having a PC look like an HTPC then that would be awesome if possible.
guys i was in PC world, and i saw this ultra small PC which reminded me of the nintendo wii, it's dimensions looked the same it had a slot loading disc drive and it was core 2 duo, i just forgotten the name, do you know anything about it?
I was thinking of making a htpc that size, which is at a fraction the size of the antec case.
Why is it so hard to make a htpc that is as small as the mac mini? It should not be hard to do, the features in the mac mini are very similar to a PC it just has a different operating system.
Can i ask, if i had a power mac with windows XP installed would i be able to play all the latest PC games?
I had this idea to make a HTPC the same size or a little bigger what ever size is possible to look like a mac mini, but i want it PC based. Then i thought i would make it power full enough to be able to play the latest games in 1280x720p using the new asus external graphics card when that comes out, i should be able to make it small enough as i won't be needing to put inside a big graphics card as i only want to do HD 1080p movie playback. The mac mini is already super small and plays back 1080p media perfectly, so i should be able to do it. You got any thoughts on the best hardware and case to make this happen?
TIA
I was thinking of making a htpc that size, which is at a fraction the size of the antec case.
Why is it so hard to make a htpc that is as small as the mac mini? It should not be hard to do, the features in the mac mini are very similar to a PC it just has a different operating system.
Can i ask, if i had a power mac with windows XP installed would i be able to play all the latest PC games?
I had this idea to make a HTPC the same size or a little bigger what ever size is possible to look like a mac mini, but i want it PC based. Then i thought i would make it power full enough to be able to play the latest games in 1280x720p using the new asus external graphics card when that comes out, i should be able to make it small enough as i won't be needing to put inside a big graphics card as i only want to do HD 1080p movie playback. The mac mini is already super small and plays back 1080p media perfectly, so i should be able to do it. You got any thoughts on the best hardware and case to make this happen?
TIA
so there good for media playback, but surely there processors are fast enough for gaming, look at the mac mini it uses intel 1.86gz core duo processor, if i had one of those or even the core 2 duo in that PC world combined with the asus graphics card then wouldn't it be super fast for gaming, let's say asus created a 800GTX model as an external graphics card?