Posts by SonofNoob

Quote:Originally Posted by CharlieM76 The Brazos chips (e350/450) are experiencing issues with hardware acceleration in Silverlight. So Netflix HD streaming gets choppy. I can't find any conclusive evidence one way or another if...

After some research i decided to drop the blue ray drive, i didn't know the audio wasn't as good as my standalone Samsung Blu-ray player. ill just have to mod the xbox to remove the drive slot, maybe shrink it down, and swap the eject...

Quote:Originally Posted by cdoublejj The AMD E450 has some fight in it. I know I said e-450 in the thread post, but I couldn't find that in a mini format only micro.

i crunched some numbers wile i was waiting, im not sure what my budget for this build will be but the less i spend on parts the more i can spend on cooling and mods. a6 or a8 build = $370-$385 (APU, Mobo, 220W mini PSU, 4GB RAM,...

I'm looking to build an HTPC in my old Xbox (original) it has a good amount of room roughly 11x8x3 so i've been looking at the mini form factor since the boards are only 6.7"x6.7" however im a little confused. i originally was looking at...

Now I haven't tried this yet with my Athlon 64 x 2, however I did play around with my intel i5 2500k trying to get the lowest volt possible to maintain @4ghz. http://www.overclock.net/t/998661/min-voltage-for-i5-at-4hgz So I have two...

OK, after read several forums I think the router just went bad. There's a few thing I'm going to try but I'm pretty sure ill be buying a new router. Just need some advice. My new router will need to be able to handle a PC and Xbox wired...

We just recently shut off cable and switched to a home server/streaming house. I am using an older Netgear WPN824 v3. My main PC which is currently acting as home server is connected via LAN, as well as the Xbox360. The HTPC, the laptop,...

Quote:Originally Posted by ipv89 what is the main factor in being able to stream to more than one tv/pc at a time. Is it your networking equipment? I was going to go with a pair of...

Quote:Originally Posted by shelter edit: it looks like those cards don't have HDMI so you might want to consider a DVI to HDMI adapter like THIS one at monoprice. does this improve picture quality, cause there is rgb pc in on the TV...