Hi everyone. I'm looking to replace my current HTPC, an old slim Compaq P2/233 with SBLive that just plays mp3's over my network. I want to upgrade to something faster (but just as small and quiet!) which can also do video.
I've been looking at the nice small cases over at caseoutlet.com and most come with the Mini-ITX VIA C3 800mhz CPU/motherboard. It's got integrated AGP graphics, S-video out, and S/PDIF so it looks like it would make a great HTPC. Does anyone have any experience with this? How is the performance, especially for video? What about Linux support for all the integrated hardware?
I've been looking at the nice small cases over at caseoutlet.com and most come with the Mini-ITX VIA C3 800mhz CPU/motherboard. It's got integrated AGP graphics, S-video out, and S/PDIF so it looks like it would make a great HTPC. Does anyone have any experience with this? How is the performance, especially for video? What about Linux support for all the integrated hardware?