[mythtv-users] First ION desktop officially announced - Acer AspireRevo

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 14:58:40 UTC 2009


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Travis Tabbal <travis at tabbal.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Travis,
>> Would you care to elaborate on how you make a nice FE box for $200?  :)
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> Sure. I've posted it a few times now.
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> http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=12283828
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> You will need to pick a different CPU, but any AM2 CPU should get the job
> done. Even a single core A64 would work. I've got it running on an X2 3800+
> and use about 5% CPU while watching HD streams via VDPAU.
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> It's not nearly as small as this new ION based machine, but it's a very nice
> little box. It even gets wife approval.  It's a little closer to $300, I'm
> apparently getting senile. :)
>

Does the case support a full size dvd drive?

John


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