[DEAD] Chromebox for 114 at Newegg

[mvbighead]

Normally 150 on Amazon, so this is a pretty good deal in my opinion. Been looking at them for a while, but couldn't pass on a 'full' PC for 114.

 

[RossMAN]

Is it this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883220572

 

[mvbighead]

Is it this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883220572

Thats the one.

 

[ponyo]

I ordered two. With Visa checkout $25 off $200 promo code, it was $203 for two. I already have one I bought earlier this year from Newegg for $170. I love the device to death. I upgraded the memory to 4gb and set it to dual boot ChromeOS and OpenELEC. It's the perfect XBMC box and it will play EVERYTHING. Now, I'm going to put another in the bedroom and give one to my brother-in-law as Christmas present.

 

[mvbighead]

I ordered two. With Visa checkout $25 off $200 promo code, it was $203 for two. I already have one I bought earlier this year from Newegg for $170. I love the device to death. I upgraded the memory to 4gb and set it to dual boot ChromeOS and OpenELEC. It's the perfect XBMC box and it will play EVERYTHING. Now, I'm going to put another in the bedroom and give one to my brother-in-law as Christmas present.

Yep, I had been waiting to give one a try, and at this price I figure it is definitely worth it. If I need another in the future, I can go 149 if I like them enough. I had tried the Raspberry Pi with OpenELEC, and in some areas it just wasn't as good as I would have liked. Hopefully this one does the trick.

 

[you2]

It makes a decent web browser; I installed ilnux (ubuntu 14.04) on one with 4 gigs of memory. Can play 1080p video fine and has a decent wireless card included. Hum. No negatives yet (at that price piont) but it is no i-7

 

[JoeMcJoe]

Any links on how to install OpenELEC on this chromebox?

 

[KingGheedora]

I ordered two. With Visa checkout $25 off $200 promo code, it was $203 for two. I already have one I bought earlier this year from Newegg for $170. I love the device to death. I upgraded the memory to 4gb and set it to dual boot ChromeOS and OpenELEC. It's the perfect XBMC box and it will play EVERYTHING. Now, I'm going to put another in the bedroom and give one to my brother-in-law as Christmas present.

If you use this for xbmc, what do you use for storage? This thing only has a 16gb drive.

 

[mvbighead]

If you use this for xbmc, what do you use for storage? This thing only has a 16gb drive.

This would simply be a front end. Storage would likely be a media server of some sort. Many people use this sort of setup where a full system is capturing/recording/downloading media and these devices are used to retrieve and display that content over the network.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Any links on how to install OpenELEC on this chromebox?

http://kodi.wiki/view/ASUS_Chromebox

Good find OP, this is the best mediabox out there.

 

[you2]

If you want to spend $$ you can use a large m.2 ssd. Alternatively you can use an sd card (not sure how reliable this would be long term).

If you use this for xbmc, what do you use for storage? This thing only has a 16gb drive.

 

[mvbighead]

http://kodi.wiki/view/ASUS_Chromebox

Good find OP, this is the best mediabox out there.

Yep, and you definitely got me to look for this path. Once I found this deal, I figured I had to jump.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yep, and you definitely got me to look for this path. Once I found this deal, I figured I had to jump.

Awesome! Enjoy!

 

[harobikes333]

I'm showing $183.85 when I click the link... . deal dead?

 

[mvbighead]

I'm showing $183.85 when I click the link... . deal dead?

Yup. Pretty sure it was a black Friday deal.