Choosing HTPC Motherboard
The centre of your creation, your motherboard
When choosing a motherboard you have to remember what aims you have for your hardware, maybe you require a raid controller for your Hard Drives or onboard Graphics with HDMI?
Archive for January, 2009
30 January
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25 January
1Comment LG Renoir Review
After finally finding a new excuse to get a new phone I took the plunge and bought an LG Renoir aka. KC910 through orange (uk). So with no delay let me talk you through the phone.
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25 January
0Comments Top 10 HTPC Cases
After writing a detailed post about what you should be looking for in a HTPC case a few people asked me to recommend some individual cases and explain what their features are. I recently found the perfect page that already covers all that has been asked for over at www.yourhtn.com .The specific Page can be found at http://www.yourhtn.com/2007/05/28/top-10-htpc-cases/
15 January
0Comments My Windows 7….So Far:16/01/09
Windows 7, I try to think of it as Vista Service Pack 3 except we will be expected to pay for it. I have now been running Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 as my primary OS for almost a week and felt it is time to write a few notes about what I have found I do and don’t like about our new glorified Vista.
People often say Vista was a flop and we should stick to XP due to driver/program incompatability, however I know many ‘internet users’ (as I call them) who say that Vista is allot easier to use, but then they do receive their laptop/PC already configured and up to date with drivers etc.
I understand this is of no fault of Microsoft; this is caused by other companies not jumping into the new OS quickly enough.
13 January
1Comment Choosing HTPC HDD’s
Choosing the Hard Drives(HDD’s) for your beloved HTPC will only be restricted by your budget and the number that your case can hold.
I am not lucky enough to have any HD (high definition) content or even a Blue-Ray drive on my machine yet (please feel free to donate) but from a quick google a 120 minute 720P film will take roughly 8Gb on your HDD. That means that 100 films will total around 800GB, that’s an impressive number.
