clarkbark
October 22nd, 2008, 08:51 PM
I have new parts coming tomorrow and I can start building my new Media Center. I have enjoyed using Boxee very much and have been wanting a nice media center to run with it. I have been using aTV since I joined but I have been wanting to try out HD content and have been unable to do so. Also, Boxee works extremely well with linux and it will be a nice move I think :)
Here is a list of some of the parts going into the media center I'm building:
* 1 x AMD Athlon X2 4450e Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4450DOBOX
* 1 x SILVERSTONE SUGO SG02B-F Black ABS / SECC Steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case
* 1 x GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
I went with an AMD brisbane core because of the low wattage and the 780G motherboard because of the on board HDMI and the low price. I have 2 gigabytes of memory left from an old system I will be using with this setup as well. The case I'm going with is not a media center case its just one of the small box cases. I didn't buy a media center case because for some reason every company selling a decent one thinks it should come with a premium price tag. Also I'm going to use a Logitech diNovo Mini as a remote for this system. Tomorrow I will have it all built and will start playing with it. Anyways, for anyone interested in stuff like this let me know what you think.
Here is a list of some of the parts going into the media center I'm building:
* 1 x AMD Athlon X2 4450e Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4450DOBOX
* 1 x SILVERSTONE SUGO SG02B-F Black ABS / SECC Steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case
* 1 x GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
I went with an AMD brisbane core because of the low wattage and the 780G motherboard because of the on board HDMI and the low price. I have 2 gigabytes of memory left from an old system I will be using with this setup as well. The case I'm going with is not a media center case its just one of the small box cases. I didn't buy a media center case because for some reason every company selling a decent one thinks it should come with a premium price tag. Also I'm going to use a Logitech diNovo Mini as a remote for this system. Tomorrow I will have it all built and will start playing with it. Anyways, for anyone interested in stuff like this let me know what you think.