Day: July 14, 2011

Are you looking to spend $1000 on an OEM SFF HTPC? Yeah, me neither. BUT, for those of you that are ASRock is looking to help you out. Armed with an Intel Core i5 CPU and sandy bridge platform, but lacking an SSD, this unit has it’s pros and cons. As far as connectors goes, we were really impressed at […]

I love Audioholics’ roundup of receivers and devices, and this time up they are looking at some of the best receivers $600 can buy! There are a few universals at this price point. You’ll find that all the receivers have discrete amps, and all manufacturers rate their amps with the more robust 20Hz to 20kHz measurement. All of the included […]

We have a lot of SSD users here as they’re ideal for an HTPC, so I thought this news was relevant. Keep in mind there’s no official report from Intel yet on just how serious/widespread this issue is, but just another reminder of why you should always have backups. “Be wary of the new Intel SSD 320 series. Currently, there’s […]

If one mini-ITX motherboard review wasn’t enough, Anandtech offers up three for your liking. These however are of the AMD Fusion variety and are put up against each other on a range of testing, not just for HTPC. Despite what you could buy many years ago for more than a thousand dollars, you can now get the same performance in […]