I am a HTPC addict. I built it for a lot of people so I have some insight. What are a good home theater computer’s featues? There are usual stuffs in a cathegory and unque, custom features too.
Silent is avarage and not bad if they ate slight energy and smaller than a two door gardrobe. Also there is the problem of looking if we want to put it to the living room next to the TV Set or anywhere to the fore.
Fit for these demans is not easy and the cornerstone all of it will the case. Practically faith of good computer will split up because a case need to be good looking and well soundproofed. Enough place for hardwares and fans is required too. We will use 800 rpm or less fans and the case need some of them for ventilate. So it is very hard.
After that there is personal requests, namely what will the computer used for? This decision contols hardwares what we will buy. If we want play we need a strong machine so we need strong CPU and VGA so the case will be big and components will hot. If multimedia is enough for us (watching movies and listening music) we can save money and size either.
You can ask rightful why am I telling stories if I want to present a Shuttle nettop. I had to show why is not easy a HTPC building and how different is using Shuttle’s machine.
