Just showing off my new XBMC build.
Recently I have become fed up with my boxee box. The lag is starting to get old, and it seems to have trouble streaming large (13GB) files across my network. Boxee was good at sporting every file type under the sun, great for live TV, and great for streaming online shows. It just didn't have the horse power to do all that smoothly. I wasn't impressed when the boxee box 2 came out last month and seemed to be morphed into more of an online streaming box.
I needed to step up my game and decided to put together this guy.
I started with an old RROD Xbox, replaced the guts and installed a modern PC.
Specs:
Asus H77 mini-ITX MOBO
Intel i3-3220T (35W) CPU
Intel 330 series 60GB SSD
4GB of memory
150W power supply
Windows 8
XBMC 11
... and waiting on XBMC 12 to become stable so that I can enjoy DTS-MA and live TV again!
First standoffs in place
SSD mounts first
MOBO mounts over top the SSD
Test fit
Just fits, notice the massive stack of standoffs!
Testing cutouts
150W power supply next to a 60W
Using DVD drive from my PC to install windows
Still need to glue the chrome CD cover into place to match my chromed out power button!
Settled into place below my xbox slim