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Oct. 14th, 2011
Media centre PC AKICOLJ
Oct. 14th, 2011 10:13 pmWith an upgrade to my main gaming PC hopefully happening later this year, it's occurred to me that the bits that will get replaced could easily form the basis of a moderately capable PC. So what would this moderately capable PC be used for?
1. A portable gaming machine. By 'portable' I don't mean to use on a train or something, but I do mean something capable of being lugged to the Isle of Wight on a passenger ferry in hand luggage.
2. A media centre PC. Something to hook up to the 50" telly in the living room and use to watch internet telly and ripped DVDs on.
Part 1 is easy. I can do gaming machines (and I've built quite a few over the years). But I have almost no experience of Part 2. So, in the hope that someone out there has done this sort of thing (or even bits of this sort of thing), I have some questions...
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1. A portable gaming machine. By 'portable' I don't mean to use on a train or something, but I do mean something capable of being lugged to the Isle of Wight on a passenger ferry in hand luggage.
2. A media centre PC. Something to hook up to the 50" telly in the living room and use to watch internet telly and ripped DVDs on.
Part 1 is easy. I can do gaming machines (and I've built quite a few over the years). But I have almost no experience of Part 2. So, in the hope that someone out there has done this sort of thing (or even bits of this sort of thing), I have some questions...
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