I know we don’t do a lot of review roundups here at Missing Remote, but every so often you get just the right collection of hardware reviews coming in from all over the place. Zotac has been making the rounds to get their HTPC-centric hardware in the spotlight. First up we have a review of the AMD E-350 powered Zotac […]
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Hard drives don’t get a whole lot of attention these days. All of the excitement is reserved for those new-fangled SSDs. There are reviews aplenty for CPUs and motherboards. Even power supplies tend to get more love than hard drives, but where would our HTPCs be without the stack of hard drives holding our movies and TV shows. Thailand has […]
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Fans are the biggest source of noise in most computers and the power supply fan is often the worst offender, which is why passively-cooled, fanless power supplies are so attractive to home theater and silent PC enthusiasts. I know I’ve been eyeing Seasonic’s X-400 Fanless for my next HTPC build. Finding a high-quality fanless power supply is hard enough, but […]
Read moreEvery so often I survey the media streamer landscape and try to decide if there is a right combination of devices that will replace my HTPC. Invariably I find myself returning to the HTPC fold because of the PC’s flexibility. One device can play movies, music, TV, and even games. Of course, some games might require a bit more oomph, but finding a […]
Read moreJust a few weeks ago, Intel unleashed a slew of new Sandy Bridge parts and one interesting part for HTPC users is the new Celeron. There are a few new Celeron flavors and the most intriguing are the dual core parts with HD Graphics. Word on the street is that these are capable of all the things we have come […]
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