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The home theater PC (HTPC) concept has taken deep roots owing to its synergistic principles. Relying on stable support of interested consumers, HTPC products have become one of the main driving forces in this industry. They are actively developing and demonstrate good expansion rates in their segment. There are plenty of products in the market, but users often face a paradoxical situation: the absolute majority of HTPC devices is either apparently underperforming and barely able to play HD Video, or excessively powerful (like those SLI monsters in huge Silverstone enclosures). There is nearly no golden mean -- configurations actually optimized for HTPC. Besides, typical HTPCs stubbornly ignore the priority of noiseless or at least low-noise operation. There's no sense for a media center to operate louder than a DVD recorder or a similar device.

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