So I am a gamer, but I really like form factor PCs rather than towers; as a result, I prefer to pick up overpowered HTPCs.
I am between 3 options & crowdsourcing decisions.
$500 Dell Zino 410 (AMD X2 P360@2.3GHz, 4gb ram, ATI HD 5450 MXM)
$700 MacMini (Intel Core 2 Duo@2.4GHz, 2gb ram, GeForce 320M)
$750 ASRock Vision 3D (Intel Core i3-370M@2.4GHz, 4gb ram, GeForce GT 425M)
Does anybody have any experience with any of these particular computers or components?
I would like to be able to play some newer games on medium graphic settings mid resolution, but I'd be happy to trade that off for reliability & low settings/resolution.
Anybody have any better suggestions? I'd rather buy pre-built at this point in my life.
Oh. I will not consider Shuttle for the following reasons: fried components due to PSU failure on my SN25P, tech support complete failure with box prior to SN25P, absurdly long telephone calls many times while attempting the RMA process.




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