Recent content by imranm

Is the on-board GPU as good? The only reason for looking at an Intel solution was should I be naughty and give OSX a go, I know it's against the EULA. I do have Mac's at home so I'll end up drowning myself in guilt and not bothering with it but nevertheless it's a nice to have :eek: :p I came...

Thanks for all your help so far I really appreciate you guys going to the trouble. Just to satisfy my curiosity what would be a comparable Intel alternative? I assume it's more expensive. I want to change the case to something along the lines of the Xigmatek Utgard with the IcyBox Backplane -...

What if I changed the CPU to the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition CPU at £65.27 - would that be an improvement? What's the risk of going for a cheaper PSU, such as the EZCool PS-10 Silent 500W at £10.99! I greatly appreciate your help.

I would say around £250 max, I had a look at a few qnas and synology products but they weren't very powerful

Sorry missed that - done 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc+ 1) Downloading from USENET via my+50MB Cable Connection. 2) Stream/Transcode on the fly movies via AirVideo, ZumoCast to my iPad/iPhone into h264 format. 3) Stream movies to PS3 using...

Hi I've not put together my own rig for what seems an eternity, the last I remember is back when the first ever Athlon was released I'm not very familiar with what's available today and what works well together. What better place to get some expert advise too! I've moved to Mac's for...

I'm thinking of a similar setup, just wondering if the Atom is powerful enough to stream/transcode on the fly video to a PS3 or iPad etc Thanks,