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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    The person who "coincidentally discuss(es) their choice of vehicle in their username" would like to know how this went/is going.

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Well, if you could pass the message onto the person who coincidentally discusses their choice of vehicle in their username, I'm still waiting for the G-E to reach the UK.

    Newegg have had it for a while, but Scan (or any other UK retailer) don't seem to have it yet. I know philipp has had a look a couple of times for either a G-E or a rev 03 board but I don't think he found any. I didn't really want to rush it and get something I don't want so I'm holding off for the moment - I reckon Scan would be nuts not to get it in, so hopefully once it hits the UK we'll be okay.

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Currently putting a lot of work into building a list of parts for my own mini-ITX HTPC and I keep stumbling over this;

    GF9300-I-E (PCB04) has the following differences from earlier PCB versions: DVI is Dual-Link, not Single-Link; S/PDIF header added to board; 3x SATA instead of 2x SATA; CPU/RAM undervoltage now possible (overvoltage still possible); RAID 0+1, 5 added to RAID 0, 1; Wake On USB support added; Onboard Power LED added; Clearance under board altered to increase 3rd party CPU heatsink support.
    Neither a Rev3 or a G-E board, but seemingly a further step forward?

    Being sold at another place which I'm probably not allowed to mention due to this being the Scan section - lead time is 3 to 5 days though with the comment "Next batch due Dec 8th/9th."

    If they're in the country and being sold by other vendors....
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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    According to Zotac forums

    The only differences between the GF9300-G-E and the GF9300-I-E are that the GF9300-I-E features an overclocked GPU and a redesigned northbridge heatsink.
    Either would be fine for me, as far as I'm concerned I just wanted a standard 9300-ITX with wake on USB - it's the only thing I actually cared about

    I haven't been able to find it in the UK, if you could PM me with any info I'd appreciate it

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

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    Last edited by jim; 12-01-2010 at 02:19 PM. Reason: Rethinking list

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Your original £300-£350 budget is creeping up a tad

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob_B View Post
    Your original £300-£350 budget is creeping up a tad
    I know

    Mind you, I've got 4GB of DDR2 RAM that was going into this build, so if I sell that I'll recoup a decent wad of money, and if I really wanted to I could cut the SSD and save £70 or so...

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Still following with interest (still plotting my own HTPC )

    Is there any reason you've gone for a seperate GPU rather than a mobo with onboard HDMI?
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    Re: Any Interest in Building a Mini-ITX HTPC?

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Still following with interest (still plotting my own HTPC )

    Is there any reason you've gone for a seperate GPU rather than a mobo with onboard HDMI?
    Yeah, Scan don't do one. I've had a change of heart though, fed up of trying to mould my build around rubbish motherboards I don't actually want.

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