To make a little media machine to sit below the tele and work as a TV/ recorder. Definitely Need: A case The TV card plus software Cooling Itx mobo (that accommodates laptop memory instead of full fat) Have: Hard drive Intel I3 2120t @ 2.6ghz 4gb laptop memory (x1 4gb) 4gb laptop memory (x2 2gb) Fujitsu Laptop with Intel pentium p6200 @ 2.13ghz 4gb ram 500gb hd plus all the standard crap Windows Home Premium with bloatware Suggestions would be appreciated... Wondering whether it'll be better to offload the useable tech in here then buy stuff or build with what I've got... Thanks in advance Ian
How about this mobo? I'm sure there was a used one on the bay the other day. http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H67I_DELUXE/. It will take your i3 2120T and DDR3 Sodimm x2. Otherwise have a look at what Parge and Blogins are doing with AM1 for HTPC/AV duty. http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=278711. The AM1 kit is inexpensive and may do the trick. Good luck with your deliberations!
I believe there is a variation of mini-ITX called thin-ITX (though it is Intel only) which takes laptop RAM. I almost did this when I built a file server recently, but it was cheaper to buy a new stick and AM1 mobo than a thin motherboard and save the RAM.
Like this any good? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-displayport-hdmi-mini-itx
