Frozen Industries » htpc http://www.frozenindustries.com A Project Blog Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New HTPC http://www.frozenindustries.com/2011/01/31/new-htpc/ http://www.frozenindustries.com/2011/01/31/new-htpc/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:17:47 +0000 Nick http://www.frozenindustries.com/?p=302 Just replaced my heavily used Ubuntu HTPC with a 6 watt AppleTV 2. Both run XBMC.

Specs of the old, silent HTPC:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz w/2MB Cache
  • Intel DQ965GF motherboard with passive chipset heatsinks
  • Scythe Ninja passive CPU heatsink
  • 4GB (2x 2GB DIMMS) ADATA DDRII 800 MHz memory
  • 512 MB MSI N210-MD512H GeForce 210 PCIe 2.0 passive video card
  • 40 GB Kingston SSDNOW V-series (Intel rebranded) SATA SSD
  • 18x DL DVD+-RW Optiarc Ad-7170S 2MB Cache SATA optical drive
  • Antec Sonata case
  • Dual 120mm Yate Loon case fans
  • Seasonic 330W power supply
  • Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64 with XBMC

Video is just as smooth on the AppleTV as on the HTPC.

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Here’s my whole setup. Three devices are running Linux, one OS X, and then whatever Cox puts on their POS DVR.
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Now I can control my HTPC using VNC Viewer on my Nokia 770, any other computer, or a mouse/keyboard i have hidden under the television stand.

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