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| Price | $1,599.00 | Check Prices | Check Prices |
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| Review date | February 12, 2007 | February 01, 2007 | January 22, 2007 |
| The Bottom Line | Velocity Micro's first full-fledged home theater PC pulls very few punches in providing a complete digital media experience. It's big, it lacks a built-in audio receiver, and it invites PC gaming into the living room, which has never been the best fit. It's also the victim of a few Vista-related growing pains. On balance, though, Velocity Micro has as complete a home theater PC as we've seen. | The Vista-based iBuyPower 640 is a good bet for PC enthusiasts on a shoestring budget who are looking to add a PC to their home theater and don't mind (or look forward to) tweaking and upgrading the system as they go. | Shuttle's updated supersmall home theater PC introduces a few new features to bring it inline with similar diminutive living room PCs. It also came to us with Windows Vista Home Premium. If you're in it for the looks (and you don't want HD video), you'll find a system to like here, but we think you'll be able to find more capable PCs on the market soon. |
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| Graphics Controller | NVidia GeForce 8800GTS | nVidia GeForce 7600 GS | PCI Express x16 - Intel GMA 950 |
| TV Tuner Type | Analog TV | Info unavailable | Analog TV - NTSC |
| RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB DDR II SDRAM | 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM - 667 MHz - PC2-5300 |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 17 in x 16 in x 6.8 in | 14.6 in x 18.1 in x 5.8 in | 11.7 in x 8.3 in x 2.2 in |
| Processor | 1 x Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core 2.4 GHz | 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 1.66 GHz | 1 x Intel Core Duo T2300E / 1.66 GHz ( Dual-Core ) |
| Hard Drive | 2 x 400 GB - Standard | 1 x 320 GB | 1 x 250 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-150 |
| OS Provided | Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium | Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium | Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium |
| Product Description | Core 2 Extreme Quad Core 2.4 GHz | Core 2 Duo E6400 1.66 GHz | Shuttle XPC mini X 200m - Core Duo T2300E 1.66 GHz |
| Audio Output | - 7.1 channel surround | Info unavailable | Sound card - 7.1 channel surround |
| Monitor | None | None | None. |
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