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On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to
> serve as an HTPC.

Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 
CPUs just fine.

A Core 2 desktop system is certainly not "old".