Want to build a shuttle type media centre pc

CliffyG · 04-11-2007, 09:30

Anyone have any suggestions on internals / case. I want it to be a small case with an IR receiver on the front. Looking for as good performance as possible with passively cooled CPU and GPU. My main worry about this is the graphics card as i've seen a few systems where it looks shocking on the TV with the lines etc and have been unable to read any text. What i'd really like is a scart option for it which auto switches when the box gets turned on. I'll be sticking Vista Ultimate on it so needs to be fairly beefy. I won't be doing any recording from TV as i have Sky+ so just playback required.

As cheap as possible too would be nice, if it can be done for the price of a second hand xbox 360 + games then even better

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04-11-2007, 09:30	#1
CliffyG Vodka Martini Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower Cambourne Posts: 576	Want to build a shuttle type media centre pc Anyone have any suggestions on internals / case. I want it to be a small case with an IR receiver on the front. Looking for as good performance as possible with passively cooled CPU and GPU. My main worry about this is the graphics card as i've seen a few systems where it looks shocking on the TV with the lines etc and have been unable to read any text. What i'd really like is a scart option for it which auto switches when the box gets turned on. I'll be sticking Vista Ultimate on it so needs to be fairly beefy. I won't be doing any recording from TV as i have Sky+ so just playback required. As cheap as possible too would be nice, if it can be done for the price of a second hand xbox 360 + games then even better . __________________ Last edited by CliffyG; 04-11-2007 at 09:32.