I am looking at building a mini itx system for my sons room. It would be steaming video from the server and I would like it to play Hulu HD. reason I would like mini itx is that it is small and usally quite.
would like to spend around 400 or less on motherboard, cpu, ram, case
Due to the fact tha Hulu doesnt use hardware exceleration I would need to use a CPU with some heft to it. I also would like to have the following
7.1 sound
S3 sleep
wake on usb
HDMI
able to play Blue Ray
Using windows 7 media center
low power consumption
If you have any recomended on cases prefer external power brick. I am not looking for Mac Mini small but would like as small a possible. I will be using a laptop drive as well as laptop dvd.
Last time I checked, the ZOTAC did not have wake on USB. This has been an issue that they plan to correct with their next product release (03/04 PCB). At this time, ZOTAC can't tell anyone when it will be shipping to the USA.