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Htpc aka "Media Center": cheap and *silent*?

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Mar 15, 2026855 views
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It may be me, or the place I live (Italy), but it seems pretty hard to get a build or a prebuilt nettop or a laptop that fits the need. I need something silent able to playback all h.264 fullhd content without stuttering, and well (and not loosing the hw acceleration because of softsubs...) silent …

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In case you go the handmade route, look at this tomshardware link this thread on a graphics card for an HTPC this thread on HTPC PSUs this motherboard+cpu thread this processor thread this link on video encoding performance This link on CPU benchmar…

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