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Looks great but is too much for many people :-(
Am I right in thinking the first one doesn't come with a TV Tuner after reading this?
The case is a standard Wesena case
Should be Blu-ray not DVD. Not convinced about mechanical HD, although for extra cost they will give you a 2TB HD as storage drive with a 128Gb or 256 Gb SSD as main drive.
The keyboard is too big. Maplin do a couple of combi mouse/keyboards about the size of an PS3 controller which is perfect (although build quality not ideal - real room for improvement there).
For an HTPC there is little need for a separate GPU, both Intel HD4000 and AMD equivalent IGPs are perfectly satisfactory. Some might prefer a discrete sound card as an alternative (which is an extra for Cyberpower).
The only OS option from Cyberpower is W7. From experience W8 works better for a HTPC although you will need to buy Blu-ray playing software. Couple it with either XBMC or WMC (but with My Movies add on or similar) and it is a very effective HTPC. (I am sure you can do the same with Linux but I have not tried that). When trying to control the screen from 8 ft away on the sofa, the w8 interface actually makes a great deal of sense.
Price looks a bit high. I suspect you could buy the components and build your own for slightly less
With a half decent gpu you could make some good use of Big sreen steam.
Ideal for console style gaming on a pc.
playing further away, on a tv you can probably afford to turn down some of the eye candy for a decent experience.
I have been trying to build something like that, but the fanless cases likes that really restrict what you can use and bump the price right up, im probably going to go with something slightly bigger but way cheaper.
I already have, amd apu (3870k), 4 tv tuners and blu-ray for a lot less, including a rather expense antec mini fusion case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erlenmeyer
Although I have a fanless HTPC (using an Hdplex case and an i7-3770T which is complete overkill but does play some old games nicely) and a internal blu-ray drive if I was building another HTPC I am not sure I would go this route. Do you really need a blu-ray drive that often (if not get an external portable one that can plug into USB), some people need multiple TV tuners, if you do not then maybe a USB tuner would do a good enough job, storage - you can chew through TBs very quickly if you rip Blu ray losslessly. A big 4 bay NAS might be a better solution for storage (12 TB on RAID 5 !). Some people want a dedictated sound card - I simply take the sound through my AV receiver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erlenmeyer
I would now probably get an Intel NUC, or equivalent, stick it in a fanless case for an HTPC