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RE: luverly looking little PC


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: RE: luverly looking little PC
  • From: Mike Griffiths <mike@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:26:33 -0000
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I've just built a shuttle PC from www.overclockers.co.uk for my Plasma
Shuttle Spacewalker XPC SS51G       &nbs= p;  1      =A3180.35    &= nbsp; =A3180.35
Aluminium Barebones System -       &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     
Intel P4 (FS-004-SH)         =             &nb= sp;            =             
Intel Pentium 4 'Northwood'        = ;    1      =A3148.00  &n= bsp;   =A3148.00
2.4BGHz Retail boxed (Socket       &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     
478) (CP-009-IN)         &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  

Corsair 512MB DDR XMS2700        &= nbsp;     1      =A3120.65&nbs= p;     =A3120.65
CAS2 (MY-005-CS)         &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  

Western Digital Caviar 120GB       &nbs= p;   1      =A3130.40   &= nbsp;  =A3130.40
Special Edition (OEM)         = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;           
(HD-001-WD)          &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =        

Pioneer DVD-106S Region Free!       &nb= sp;  1       =A334.65   &= nbsp;   =A334.65
- OEM (CD-000-PO)         &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =   

ATI ALL-IN-WONDER=AE Radeon        = ;      1      =A3139.00&n= bsp;     =A3139.00
8500 DV 64MB - OEM (AGP)        &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;        
(GX-006-AT)  
It blasts along
In the spare PCI slot I have put an old  AudioFile 2496 sound card I h= ad
lying around
http://www= .core-sound.com/dio_2496.html#INTRODUCTION

It means I have a few!! Audio outputs from the PC
But it keeps me happy:)
The ATI Card has a full remote control haven't played with that yet

Paul I'm still writing the answer to your last post :)
But the DVD-Audio I get out of my Pioneer 900e DVD Rocks


Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 November 2002 16:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] luverly looking little PC
>
> mmm... anyone got a URL for the shuttle PC's?
>
>
>
> I thought I'd put XP on it to power my plasma - doesn't need to do muc= h -
> no DVD as I've got a good standalone unit - don't want much else but w= eb
> browsing and maybe games. DVD-A might be good if the standard really t= akes
> off (my Onkyo DVD player doesn't have support yet - but upgrade in
> design).
>
>
>
> I thought I'd control it directly using one of these really cool wirel= ess
> keyboards
>
> http://www.gyration.c= om/keyboard.htm
>
> and a gyro mouse maybe - plenty of gadget factor there!
>
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 November 2002 15:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] luverly looking little PC
>
>
>
> Paul,
>
> Out of interest, how are you planning to control the AV room PC, and w= hat
> software will you be running on it?
>
> I'd imagined that the AV room PC would be a silent, diskless thing (CF=
> boot + lots of RAM) that ran streaming audio/video over the network. >
> I was imagining that I would control it from a laptop / iPaq via a bui= lt
> in webserver, rather than directly.
>
> Of course, finding a PC with enough horsepower to stream DVDs, while > reamining silent is hard :-(
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 November 2002 15:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] luverly looking little PC
>
>
> Looks interesting - just what I need for the AV Room PC. Shame the SPD= IF
> OUT is on the front of the box rather than the back - It would seem > logical to keep the permanently connected bits on the back (i.e.
> connection to an Amp)
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 23 November 2002 14:26
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: [ukha_d] luverly looking little PC
> >
> > check this out chaps:
> >
> > http://www.= scan.co.uk/products/slixpc.htm
> >
> > would be great as a edia PC beside the telly, - the liquid coolin= g bit
> > looks
> > cool... (pun very much intended!)
> >
> > And cheap too - barebones from just =A3270...
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
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