[mythtv-users] The new Acer Aspire X1200 - $459, looks great, could be a combined FE/BE (jedi)

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Jul 9 20:19:32 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 03:07:30PM -0500, Jeff Walther wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:43:48 -0500
> > From: jedi <jedi at mishnet.org>
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 07:29:47PM -0000, Peter VanDerWal wrote:
> >> > you build yourself because HTPC cases are mostly either expensive
> >> > (most expensive component in the machine) or absolute junk.
> >>
> >> I don't know about that.  I have the Antec Fusion.  It's definitely NOT
> >> junk and considering everything it comes with (VFD, digital control
> >> knob,
> >> silicone HDD mounts, dual 120mm cooling fans, 430w ps) $170 doesn't seem
> >> that expensive.
> >
> >     $170 is remarkably expensive for a case of that size. It's well
> > designed but doesn't really come with any parts that are inherently
> > more expensive than the $50 cases that are selling next to it in the
> > local Frys.
> >
> >     Sure, there are plenty of HTPC cases that are even MORE expensive.
> > That still doesn't mean a Fusion is reasonably priced. The variant
> > without the knob and VFD would make for a much better "counterexample".
> >
> Many of those $50 cases do not include a power supply.  The $170 Fusion

Very rarely.

    Cheap cases aren't targeted at the sort of people that would be 
interested in bothering shopping for the PSU separately. That's far
more likely to occur with the more exotic cases where the end user
might have requirements for the PSU that are just as anal as their
requirements for the case.

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