helrazr
01-09-2011, 09:20 PM
$450
For a substantially upgraded BluRay HTPC:
I have a very nice HTPC, an as new ASRock ION 330 HT-BD (Reciept from Newegg will accompany the unit). It has seen minimal use and still has the plastic wrap protecting the Piano black finish on it. I have upgraded it to 4GB RAM, replaced the Atheros wireless card that was 802.11N but only 2.4GHz to a Broadcom Dual band 802.11N that operates in both 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz ranges. I removed the stock hard drive it came with and added two Western Digital 500GB Blue Scorpio drives that are operating in RAID0 stripe. Yes this is the unit with the Blu-Ray drive and I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on it two nights ago. The link for this HTPC if you might be interested is:
http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=ION%20330HT-BD
Intel® Dual Core Atom™ 330
NVIDIA® ION™ GPU with Full HD 1080p playback capability
BD (Blu-ray Disc) Combo
EuP 2.0 Ready
802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
Capable to support RAID 0, 1 by adopting the 2nd 2.5” HDD
Powered eSATA/USB port
MCE Remote Controller
Energy Star 5.0 Level
For a substantially upgraded BluRay HTPC:
I have a very nice HTPC, an as new ASRock ION 330 HT-BD (Reciept from Newegg will accompany the unit). It has seen minimal use and still has the plastic wrap protecting the Piano black finish on it. I have upgraded it to 4GB RAM, replaced the Atheros wireless card that was 802.11N but only 2.4GHz to a Broadcom Dual band 802.11N that operates in both 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz ranges. I removed the stock hard drive it came with and added two Western Digital 500GB Blue Scorpio drives that are operating in RAID0 stripe. Yes this is the unit with the Blu-Ray drive and I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on it two nights ago. The link for this HTPC if you might be interested is:
http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=ION%20330HT-BD
Intel® Dual Core Atom™ 330
NVIDIA® ION™ GPU with Full HD 1080p playback capability
BD (Blu-ray Disc) Combo
EuP 2.0 Ready
802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
Capable to support RAID 0, 1 by adopting the 2nd 2.5” HDD
Powered eSATA/USB port
MCE Remote Controller
Energy Star 5.0 Level