I've been running an old HP microserver for what seems like years. It's still a great bit of kit but it's starting to flag a little and won't play x256 files properly, long term I want something that will given that it's used as a HTPC.
My only requirement for upgrading is to gain the ability of x256 playback, ideally long term however I'd still like to have a windows desktop available to me.
I've been very tempted with the cheap MXQ boxes that are doing the rounds but i've heard they're more hassle than they're worth. So I started looking at a new SFF build, that quickly adds up, then the NUC's aren't the cheapest either particularly when I'm wanting to fork out on a new NAS soon too.
......... talk me around! What should I do?
My only requirement for upgrading is to gain the ability of x256 playback, ideally long term however I'd still like to have a windows desktop available to me.
I've been very tempted with the cheap MXQ boxes that are doing the rounds but i've heard they're more hassle than they're worth. So I started looking at a new SFF build, that quickly adds up, then the NUC's aren't the cheapest either particularly when I'm wanting to fork out on a new NAS soon too.
......... talk me around! What should I do?
