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omontero · 2010-09-20, 18:24

After reading some post I think I've come up with a decent configurataion for a new HTPC. Just need your opinion on the CPU and Video Card selection. Not many people use AMD in this forums so that worries me.

Thermaltake Lanbox Lite VF6000BWS ATX/MicroATX Gaming Cube PC
PNY Optima MD2048SD2-800 2GB DDR2 800
Gigabyte Mirco ATX Motherboard GA-MA78LM-S2H
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2 GHz
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GT 210 512 MB PCI-Express Video Card

Total = $322.00

Thanks for your comentaries...

Flomaster · 2010-09-20, 18:28

thats a monster it will run just fine.

its the video card that you really need to worry about and since you have that covered your good to go.

-=Jason=-

poofyhairguy · (This post was last modified: 2010-09-20, 19:05 by poofyhairguy.)

Wow. That is more than enough. That not only will play every x264 file on the planet, but it will play x264 files from other planets. You are set.

**linuxluemmel** · 2010-09-20, 18:56

LOL you are on the right side ;-=)

omontero · 2010-09-20, 20:22

Thanks to all for your answers Big Grin

omontero · 2010-09-21, 16:06

Im thinking of changing the processor to a cheaper AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0 GHz. will it affect the performance in a noticeable way?

Trying to save some bucks to buy a remote Big Grin

Flomaster · 2010-09-21, 16:15

omontero Wrote:Im thinking of changing the processor to a cheaper AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0 GHz. will it affect the performance in a noticeable way?

Trying to save some bucks to buy a remote

Omonter,,, we are running 1.6 GHz in our Zotac ions and playing 1080P with out a hick-up. your still way OVER KILL with 3.0 GHz but maybe you need some extra power to do other things beside xbmc....

-=Jason=-

poofyhairguy · 2010-09-21, 19:49

You could downgrade to the single core Sempron and it would do the job....

omontero · 2010-09-22, 14:55

Flomaster Wrote:Omonter,,, we are running 1.6 GHz in our Zotac ions and playing 1080P with out a hick-up. your still way OVER KILL with 3.0 GHz but maybe you need some extra power to do other things beside xbmc....

-=Jason=-

Not really I just want to be able to play all the content I trow at it and be able to see YoutubeHD and Hulu videos. I also want to configure some emulators but given the fact that they ran flawlessly on my old xbox I think I'm on the safe side for that as those tend to get more optimized for the PC platform.

Anyway thanks gain to all for your help got the answer I need it. Nod