Okoro Media Systems crams Intel's Core i7 into select HTPCs
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 17th 2008 10:14AM
posted Dec 17th 2008 10:14AM
posted Dec 17th 2008 10:14AM
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oh yes, Micro$oft really sucks
Dabiu Tee Eff
$5500!?!?! And what is the point in having a Core i7 in an HTPC?
Sweeten the deal? 1 BD movie, for that price try 100 of them...
YES! 100 DARK KNIGHT BLU-RAYS. AHA!
"1 BD movie, for that price try 100 of them"
Was this really THAT hard to understand?
Why would a media center need such a powerful and relatively expensive CPU?
Gaming?
It would be beneficial for threading multiple movies to multiple rooms without seeing much hesitation.
@jakem,
That's what GPUs are for.
Video encoding?
@Aaron,
That's what CPUs are for.
Wait... Touche.
that sure is a baller case. I guess it'd better be, to justify the several thousand dollar price tag, lulz.
I have this case its really a nice design. I'm going to build i7 into it when I have the extra money for a new processor and motherboard. I mean 300 bucks for a processor then another 300 for a decent board that supports the processor.
build.
your.
own.
You are gonna end up in jail for socialist propaganda....
No, apparently that stuff is 'in' now, too.
Your parents must be soooo proud of you.
I don't know...the case is fugly. It needs to be thin not thick. That look like a shuttle PC...I'd get that instead if I want a square looking pc. I mean what is the point of that display in the middle and 2 nobs for...is anyone ever going to use it on a computer?
HTPC -> Think replacing your dvd player/tivo/gaming console stack in your home entertainment center, and keeping your current PC for junk that requires typing.
But yeah, 5300? This thing would be overpriced at 3500.
i agree that is way too high, if you were inclined to put it under you TV on a shelf on those TV stand things you would be hard pushed to do so
Wowza, that one i cannot match...
This is a HTPC solution for idiots.
"Shame the starting prices are still through the roof."
Shame that most HTPC's look like crap, too.
Big Fugly and Expensive .. a must have.
zioncat: where did you find the case at?
Thats pretty.
zioncat, you must answer, NOW!
The case is a SilverStone CW02 HTPC media case. I have one of these running at my house and they're quite nice.
Case part on Newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163084
Case at MFG website
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=cw02&area=
Nice indeed, as Silverstone cases tend to be.
But also quite a bit bigger than yer average ATX case, so the "crams" isn't exactly the case.
Way to $$$ unless you are doing heavy encoding. Check out the LMS 250 - http://budurl.com/LMS250Gadgetell. Under $1,000 with CableCARD and 7.1 audio!