I want to build a cheap htpc for about $100. I know my price tag is to low but hear me out. I use xbmc to run live streams and play on demand content from addons.
I don't need a fancy set up with a ton of power and I will not need to connect to a nas or install a massive hardrive to play my own movie collection.
I just want to build something as minimal as possible. I know about the rasberry pi and it is not fast enough for me and by fast I mean the gui runs sluggish .
I just want something that will run xbmc (without being sluggish), have hdmi output, wifi and Ethernet capabilities.
Does anyone have suggestions? If possible i would prefer to run windows but its not a deal breaker if its a non windows machine.
I don't need a fancy set up with a ton of power and I will not need to connect to a nas or install a massive hardrive to play my own movie collection.
I just want to build something as minimal as possible. I know about the rasberry pi and it is not fast enough for me and by fast I mean the gui runs sluggish .
I just want something that will run xbmc (without being sluggish), have hdmi output, wifi and Ethernet capabilities.
Does anyone have suggestions? If possible i would prefer to run windows but its not a deal breaker if its a non windows machine.