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Thread ID: 95777 2008-12-16 22:48:00 Best Media Center OS for this rig.. mabix (10146) Press F1
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729883 2008-12-17 08:15:00 Personally I admire your commitment to savage overkill :) +1 for media portal

HTPC rig below (after most recent rebuild)

42" Samsung plasma
Intel Dualcore
Asus mobo (forget which one)
2gb Ram
Antec Fusion V2 Black
500 watt psu (not really needed but was left over from an upgrade)
8600GS 512mb (DVI to HDMI to screen)
Creative X-FI
Logitech 5.1 speakers, subwoofer, rear speakers mounted behind couch
Logitech Harmony remote (love those macros)
Logitech Dinovo mini (for the occasional typing etc)
160gb Sata 2 HDD for the OS
Bluray Drive

the media sits on a machine upstairs, big ole Icute Super 18 full of drives which it sees as mapped LAN drives.
kersonan (13264)
729884 2008-12-17 09:18:00 Actually, you'd be surprised how well XBMC runs :) Its not the fastest app in the world, but Ive had it decoding Full HD-res videos on a 2Ghz P4 with a 6600GT on XP :) Chilling_Silence (9)
729885 2008-12-18 12:05:00 Its bloody stable too! Blam (54)
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