Boxee Review - Building A Media PC - Part 3

This is part three of the Tech Made Easy guide to building a media PC, in this part I demonstrate the finished media PC that was assembled in parts one and two.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Boxee
• Nvidia
• Ion
• Intel
• Atom
• XBMC
• Youtube
• BBC
• Iplayer
• media
• HTPC
• PC

[TechMadeEasyUK]

@MrLawrencegreene Hi, I got it on eBay, do a search for "perspex itx" and you'll get a result for something similar.  Note though:- I had to drill some extra ventilation holes as it didn't come with any, but if you're handy with a drill this isn't a problem.

[MrLawrencegreene]

Hey what kind of case is that you have....its nice...where did you get it

[TechMadeEasyUK]

@MegaHowtoMan The Nvidia Ion chipset is surprisingly good. I'm not saying that you wouldn't get better performance with a stronger card, but the YouTube and iPlayer performance within Windows (and Linux) is better than what you get through Boxee itself. I've now switched back to XBMC until these issues with Boxee are resolved. The performance is much better under XBMC, HD YouTube content plays back flawlessly.

[MegaHowtoMan]

Great looking computer. Could the Boxee lag be from the weak graphics card on your computer?