Assassin HTPC Blog

Identical builds with full versions of Windows 7 Home with the exception of the build on the right that has an SSD. See for yourself the difference.

I am excited to announce a new model at Assassin HTPC: Intel G620 Sandy Bridge Pentium CPU Mini-ITX Form Factor 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM 500GB Hard Drive DVD Burner Total Price: $449.99 plus shipping (Yes, you read that right. Less than 450 dollars) Also highly recommended is my paid step-by-step illustrated guide for only $20 [...]

Assassin HTPC is proud to announce that we are the only licensed system installer in North America! Officially Licensed Installer for Mediabrowser! What does that mean for our customers? Mainly that we purchase officially licensed versions of Mediabrowser. Media Browser requires a specific amount of donations to unlock core plugins, in System Builder installations there [...]

Mid tower custom build completed for Leon in New York complete with software installation and configuration. Sandy Bridge i3 CPU, 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM, 64 GB SSD SATAIII, 2TB Green Drive, Modular PSU, Bluray Testing MakeMKV Example of Assassin HTPC screen Wall E 1080p DTS-HD  

MakeMKV made easier (even though its already pretty easy) by “assassin” One of the drawbacks to Windows 7 is that is does NOT support playing back bluray discs natively. What this means is that you can’t just pop in a bluray and expect Windows 7 to play it because it just won’t happen. To watch [...]

Also added to the “Guides” section of assassinhtpcblog.com How to Download and Add Torrent Files to Your Assassin HTPC by “assassin” Torrent files are a very popular way to download files to your Assassin HTPC. In this guide I will show you how to download and add torrents to your HTPC to expand your library. [...]

Here are the first pictures of our first line of HTPCs – The Assassin Mini-ITX. This model has the following specs. This is another one of our “no cut corners” builds: Intel 2100t Sandy Bridge i3 CPU Mini-ITX Motherboard with USB 3.0, SATAIII, eSATA, AHCI capable, Digital Audio Optic Output 40 GB SSD 2TB Hard [...]

These are some screenshots that I took on an actual Assassin HTPC once it was setup and loaded with some of the owner’s media. All Assassin HTPCs come configured with very simple instructions. All you have to do is add your media to a few folders (which we create for you as well) and then [...]

Mediabrowser Appearance Guide by “assassin” The following is completely optional but will allow you to change the look of your Assassin HTPC by adding a theme called “Pearl” and a plug-in called “CoverArt”. Unfortunately these excellent additions cost a few dollars to pay the developer but in my opinion are worth it. Currently Pearl is [...]