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| Thread ID: 128849 | 2013-01-19 07:40:00 | Mini-itx HTPC project - to run XBMC | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 1323538 | 2013-01-19 22:58:00 | I've just ordered a Raspberry Pi so will have a play with that first. However, if there's too much faffing around with that then I'm going to go down the mini-itx route. After a bit more reading I'm now tossing up between the i3 3225 as originally stated or a mobo/AMD E350 combo. The latter is cheaper but maybe not quite as powerful for what I want. Seems it does the 1080p thing though. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323539 | 2013-01-20 06:35:00 | How much did you pay for the Pi as I'm thinking of getting one and using the openelec I posted the link too, so that I can stream music and video from my file server | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1323540 | 2013-01-20 08:09:00 | I paid $66 including a case for it from element14. They got me a bit actually cos it said $58 right through the process then at checkout they added GST. I could have got it a bit cheaper from the UK but I hear element14 do pretty quick delivery. I didn't dig too deep for the best price as I had read about the quick delivery from element14. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323541 | 2013-01-20 12:18:00 | Yeah just make sure you have a power adapter (Micro USB) and an appropriate SD Card. Got mine up and running at 3AM yesterday, goes well so far :-) minimal fuss to hook it all up! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1323542 | 2013-01-20 17:52:00 | Yeah just make sure you have a power adapter (Micro USB) and an appropriate SD Card. Got mine up and running at 3AM yesterday, goes well so far :-) minimal fuss to hook it all up! Yep - plenty of micro USB chargers around the house from phones etc and I've ordered an 8GB class 10 SD card so should be all good to go in a couple of days hopefully. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323543 | 2013-01-20 19:21:00 | Just so long as you've checked the brand and model of the SD Card against the database that's known to work, as it can be picky. Also, getting the card written in Windows 8 for me was a no go. Lucky have Linux handy which wrote the card no worries! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1323544 | 2013-01-20 20:57:00 | Just so long as you've checked the brand and model of the SD Card against the database that's known to work, as it can be picky. Also, getting the card written in Windows 8 for me was a no go. Lucky have Linux handy which wrote the card no worries! I didn't check the SD card against the database. I did see others saying they were using the same one so fingers crossed! I have 2 Windows 8 PCs at home but i do have a couple of old Vista & XP units floating around so hopefully one of them will work for writing the card. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323545 | 2013-01-22 00:21:00 | Well element14 certainly lived up to their reputation for quick delivery. Ordered Sunday night NZ time - delivered about 10am this morning. Just need to have a play tonight & see if i can get it doing what i want. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 1323546 | 2013-01-22 00:52:00 | I looked into buying a Pi from Element14, TradeMe is the approved retailer in NZ...What? | icow (15313) | ||
| 1323547 | 2013-01-22 01:09:00 | Sweet! I've had mine going for a few days now, works a treat :D Yet to try any high bitrate 1080p video, so far it's all been 720p, so I should get around to that. Apparently it'll play 30fps just fine though? I have an Onkyo receiver so I'll tell the Pi to passthrough DTS / AC3 audio to help ease the load on the processor. |
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