bugeyewrx

I know that there aren't many build threads in here but I was quite please with this one so thought I'd post it up

It's a htpc the specs are :

Case : Rebox
Mobo : ZOTAC IONITX-P-E
Ram : 2 by 1gb of Kingston value
PSU : Pico plus laptop brick
Hdd : WD Scorpio Blue 250gb


The full project log is over on Bit-tech

joey_turbo

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Looks impressive.
As for the case, when you say Rebox, is that a brand, or did you make it yourself?

bugeyewrx

Made it myself .... the project name was Rebox

riiidaa

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How does the case provide ventilation ?

Ant

What about ventilation?

beat me to it

joey_turbo

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D'oh should have clicked the link. Seeing that makes it even more impressive.

I'm in the market for a HTPC build, but would like to keep it small and simple like that. Currently have an Acer Revo R3700, not for HTPC, but using it generally, I think i'd want a custom build like that. I'm saying that, because those Zotacs were off a simular speac I think.

It looks like you have a couple of F-connectors on there, for digital TV, so I take it you can record. 250GB is quite small for that, assuming you use video files too. Or do you not recod, ans stream all your movies from elsewhere?

bugeyewrx

There's a fan under the motherboard .



And a vent on the top of the cover .



I don't use the fan on my build ... the Zotac is quite happy just running on the cpu fan .

The fan is really for use with passively cooled boards ( I've made a few up for friends )

bugeyewrx

Thanks

This Zotacs a dual core Celeron so very similar the the Acer , dual core Atom ? The Celeron is a bit snappier though you notice it scrolling through menus etc on XBMC .

The onboard hdd just holds the install of XBMC and one of Ubuntu . I use it to stream movies from a server , when I say server I mean an old dell in the cellar running Freenas

joey_turbo

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Just read the whole of the other link, wow. Seriously good effort, hope they sell well.

Excluding the case, how much did the whole HTPC setup cost? And can you use it for live TV viewing and recording?

bugeyewrx

TBH I'm not sure on the total hardware costs for this one , the board was from ebay so half price and various other bits came out of other builds .

The last HTPC that I bought bit for was this one .....





The spec for this is :


Mobo , ASUS AT3IONT-I Deluxe - £150.oo ( inc lap top brick and ir remote )

2 x Kingston 1GB DDR3 1066MHz - £15.oo

Western Digital 120GB 2.5" Hard Drive - £25.oo

Xilence Red Wing 80mm Quiet Fan - £3.oo

Switch , cables , fixings etc about £25.oo

Case materials - Free , off cuts from work

So about £220.oo BUT that was before Thailand got all wet and hdd prices went silly .

This set up runs XBMC very nicely , not quite as quick as the Zotac but good enough Funnily enough it's because people were asking me for this one that the whole Rebox thing came about .

I think the hardware in both these builds should be up to live TV and recording but I don't really know .

As this just streams from a server XBMC works very well . For recording and live tv you need something like Myth TV not something I've used yet . I'm going to give it a go when I rebuild my server .

You also need TV cards etc . No room in these for them is the idea is to keep the box small and quiet

Ant

You can get USB dvb tuners