Recent content by vlahka

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    Advice on motherboard upgrade

    So I'm going for a whole new setup to replace my 6 year old broken one. I've narrowed it down to 3 boards and was hoping people here would maybe have some experience with them. MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON MSI Z270 GAMING M5 Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 Having spent the last 2 weeks looking up...
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    Need help building a media center

    Thats awesome man, thanks heaps for updating your post with all those links. I've got a better idea of what to go for now. I wouldnt play games on it but I think as far as emulators are concerned it would go pretty awesome with some wireless joypads etc.
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    Need help building a media center

    Thats a pretty stylish looking unit. Bulky though. I think the GD02MT looks like a better option. Being in black is also a good thing. The ML02 looks very good, very slim. But not sure what I could get out of that because of its small size. Sorry, dont know how to make links with the...
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    Need help building a media center

    hmm... To get any decent parts for the stuff I'm going for, I'd think possibly $500 would be a really good baseline or cheaper. cpus are pretty cheap now days, wont need anything powerful int he graphical department especially with the new hybrid gpu cpus etc. Motherboards and cases are where...
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    Need help building a media center

    I was hoping for something small to mid size. Like for example a mid tower is way too huge. Maybe something along the lines of a shuttle, or possibly PS3 size at most. Was hoping to have something that didnt stand out too much but looked decent. A large sized pc would just not look right.
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    Need help building a media center

    Form factor?
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    Need help building a media center

    I'm not sure if this is where to put this, but I'm pretty much tired of buying those small media players where each one seems to have an issue with this or that codec etc. Its beyond frustrating. So I thought I'd build myself one, complete with remote etc. I've been looking at the smaller...