cheap Kodi/Steam Machine?

[ninjapants]

Hi, i recently decided to buy a Raspberry Pi and install Kodi on it, so i can carry it and a small hard drive around with me for watching movies with friends when i'm with friends in croatia and don't have internet. The advantage here would be that i could connect it to old tvs with composite video but also new tvs/monitors with hdmi.

 

Then i realised Steam doesn't work on ARM, but i kinda would like to have a portable steam machine so i can play arcade games with my friens, i am primarily thinking about towerfall: ascension here.

 

So now i would like to build/buy a NUC-sized barebones pc that can run kodi and steam and connect to composite video and i'd like to stay below 150$. I'm not even sure if that is possible or if i should do it, but if anyone has any ideas or recommendations that would be great and help me alot.

 

Thanks

[ObilvionNizer]

You could get a Gigabyte Brix and add the Memory and storage to it

 

http://amzn.com/w/3MKGECEKKI1Q6

 

The Brix, Memory and HDD comes to $169.72 but if you want to decrease the storage from a 120GB to less you could maybe get it below $150.

[ninjapants]

You could get a Gigabyte Brix and add the Memory and storage to it

 

http://amzn.com/w/3MKGECEKKI1Q6

 

The Brix, Memory and HDD comes to $169.72 but if you want to decrease the storage from a 120GB to less you could maybe get it below $150.

 

unfortunately i live in austria where the price of this brix has gone up in price and would cost me more than $150, but thank you for your effort

[ObilvionNizer]

If you could order it from the UK amazon you can get it for 189.67 euros

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/3QG4UGLCAWYP0

[ninjapants]

If you could order it from the UK amazon you can get it for 189.67 euros

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/3QG4UGLCAWYP0

 

that is actually the exact same price i would have to pay if i ordered from amazon Austria.I will probably build a miniITX build. But still, thanks alot.

[ObilvionNizer]

that is actually the exact same price i would have to pay if i ordered from amazon Austria.I will probably build a miniITX build. But still, thanks alot.

No problem. But building a mITX system could cost more than the price of the brix. If a NUC is cheaper go for it

[ninjapants]

its goint to be alot pricier but i can get way more than twice the performance from less than double the price of the brix.

[Sharon24]

if you want only Kodi you should try raspberry pi ($35) 

[ObilvionNizer]

its goint to be alot pricier but i can get way more than twice the performance from less than double the price of the brix.

If its just to want it to be a kodi machine theres no point spending more than the price of a brix.

 

if you want only Kodi you should try raspberry pi ($35) 

The raspberry pi is not that good for using kodi. He is best using a PC. The Pi is to slow and takes a while to load the basic files and is limited to the add-ons that can be installed.

[othertomperson]

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.75 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£35.58 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: G.Skill Value 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£21.42 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£22.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£30.98 @ Novatech) 

Total: £199.20

 

Something like this?

[TopWargamer]

Then i realised Steam doesn't work on ARM, but i kinda would like to have a portable steam machine so i can play arcade games with my friens, i am primarily thinking about towerfall: ascension here.

You can run Steam via a Linux x86 emulator. 

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/377452-you-can-now-run-x86-linux-apps-on-all-raspberry-pi-models-and-others/

 

There is an open source solution, but it doesn't perform as well. 

[ninjapants]

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.75 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£35.58 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: G.Skill Value 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£21.42 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£22.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£30.98 @ Novatech) 

Total: £199.20

 

Something like this?

 

 

 

atm i was thinking about this:

 

CPU: AMD A8-7600 4x3.3GHz (€85,68)

Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC V2 Mini ITX FM2+ (€99,87)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 2x4GB DDR3-2133 (a friend gave me this)

Case: Silverstone ML05B (€44,99)

Power Supply: most cheap(o) sfx 350W psu i could find (€16,80)

Total: (€247,34)

 

graphics performance should be better with this setup i think

 

 

You can run Steam via a Linux x86 emulator. 

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/377452-you-can-now-run-x86-linux-apps-on-all-raspberry-pi-models-and-others/

 

There is an open source solution, but it doesn't perform as well. 

 

wow i did not think of that at all, but i don't think that the performance will not be enough even for 2D-games on the RPi2...

[ninjapants]

if you want only Kodi you should try raspberry pi ($35) 

 

did you even read the op?

[ObilvionNizer]

CPU: AMD A8-7600 4x3.3GHz (€85,68)

Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC V2 Mini ITX FM2+ (€99,87)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 2x4GB DDR3-2133 (a friend gave me this)

Case: Silverstone ML05B (€44,99)

Power Supply: most cheap(o) sfx 350W psu i could find (€16,80)

Total: (€247,34)

 

Where did you get the pricing for these parts mate?

 

Dont skimp on the PSU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€71.90 @ Caseking)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€51.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For €0.00)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€57.89 @ Home of Hardware DE)

Case: Xigmatek Spirit M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€37.61 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: be quiet! 300W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (€42.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €262.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 13:18 CEST+0200

[ninjapants]

Where did you get the pricing for these parts mate?

 

Dont skimp on the PSU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€71.90 @ Caseking)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€51.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For €0.00)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€57.89 @ Home of Hardware DE)

Case: Xigmatek Spirit M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€37.61 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: be quiet! 300W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (€42.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €262.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 13:18 CEST+0200

 

as i already stated, i live in austria. Everything you listed will cost me at least 5% more where i live, that is at LEAST. Austria is not Germany so Caseking Home of Hardware and Amazon DE won't get me anywhere. a µATX is not an option for me as that will be huge and i want that thing to be as portable as possible. 7liters case size is my absolute max. Therefore i need to get a SFX psu, those can be pretty pricy even at 300W. I already have storage and i even plan on using my 850 evo from my main rig if i go on holiday with friends.

 

Thank you for your help man, but i thing i am going to wait until after the summer with this thing. I'll see how things play out, maybe prices drop, maybe something new and interesting gets released. I'll probably come back to this post then but for now i'm good. Steam summer sale starts in 75 minutes anyway so i need to find my wallet, it's been hiding somewhere since it realised that the sale begins today...