HTPC/small form factor thread

Hardware Motherboards
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if you get a hardon for small form factor PCs then this is the thread for you

I want to see what kind of builds you can come up with wether its with in a certain budget or unlimited budget, be as wild as you want

for m-atx 2011 with super overclockablity

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131805

 

for mini-itx 2011 and slight overclockability

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101128

just take it out of the case, currently one of the ONLY mini-ITX 2011 boards out there

 

1155 and FM2 is cool too

GO GO GO!

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I really like the small form factors, it makes everything more challenging and exciting. However in  my country, I can barely get a good ATX case for a decent price, and let's not talk about watercooling. So I am still far away from all of this.

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doesn't have to be, you can do builds just current available tech, doesn't matter if its in your country, kinda like a what if you uber rich

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Why not just get a Raspberry Pi for 35 bucks or whatever and load XBMC to that, add a powered USB hub, hook up external HDDs for video storage + load Netflix/Hulu onto XBMC. Way cheaper, just a thought, I plan to do this when I am not busy building a LiteCoin mining machine.

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"power in the pint sized form facter"