hey guys. just wondering this is good enough for a HTPC?
http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-83-109-077-_-10142012_3
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It will run Media Player at reasonable resolutions but that Hard Drive is pretty small if you want to put lots of movies and TV Shows....FelipeInside
i was thinking of getting that cheap and buy a cheap GPU and with a TV tuner. and upgrade the HDD later on, have a few 500GB not doing anything as external drives
[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]It will run Media Player at reasonable resolutions but that Hard Drive is pretty small if you want to put lots of movies and TV Shows....msfan1289
i was thinking of getting that cheap and buy a cheap GPU and with a TV tuner. and upgrade the HDD later on, have a few 500GB not doing anything as external drives
The one problem I see is noise. A HTPC needs to be mostly fanless, or minimum noise imo.[QUOTE="msfan1289"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"]It will run Media Player at reasonable resolutions but that Hard Drive is pretty small if you want to put lots of movies and TV Shows....FelipeInside
i was thinking of getting that cheap and buy a cheap GPU and with a TV tuner. and upgrade the HDD later on, have a few 500GB not doing anything as external drives
The one problem I see is noise. A HTPC needs to be mostly fanless, or minimum noise imo.dont bother me, i watch movies and videos, on my normal PC and i have a total, if you count the GPU ( 1 fan on it), 2 CPU heatsink fans, and the PSU fan ( 1 fan on it) a total of 9 fans all together. i have 5 case fans. so yeah a fan or 2 wont bother me. :)
They don't bother you cause you've never had a fully silent case. Once you go silent, you wonder how you put up with the noise.[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="msfan1289"]
dont bother me, i watch movies and videos, on my normal PC and i have a total, if you count the GPU ( 1 fan on it), 2 CPU heatsink fans, and the PSU fan ( 1 fan on it) a total of 9 fans all together. i have 5 case fans. so yeah a fan or 2 wont bother me. :)
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For HTPCs I try to get as small as a case as possible.
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you think its to big?
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