2011-06-09, 22:21
So waaaaaay back in the day I modded my original xbox with xbmc and fell madly in love, years passed and I moved on from the original xbox to the 360, ps3 and wii. With xbmc missing from those three (in any usable fashion) I resorted to using media center extender and ps3 media server.
I have since found my way back home and can't believe I ever left. Love Dharma!
So now to my question, Would I be better off going with a Intel® integrated GMA HD Graphic chip along with an i5 or a dual core 1.8 atom ION system?
I would like to be able to do nothing but watch movies.
I know, I know, I can watch 1080p on a 1.6 atom with no issues, however my rebuttal is I want to ALSO run heavy skins such as Aeon mq2. I have searched and found some people showing videos of atoms rockin mq2 pretty fluid...but not sure how many tweaks needed to be made.
Currently I'm running a Atom D525 on openelec custom build using Fernet Menta tweaks and its running Aeon nox flawlessly. I would like to add a second and possibly a 3rd media center and don't want to have to pick and choose skins based on what my pc can handle.
So...back to the question, is an i5 with intel graphics better than an atom with ion. I'm guessing that the processing power the i5 can kick out makes up for the loss in graphics power...anyone have any input?
Here at the 2 htpc's in question as what I'm looking at:
i5 with Intel Graphics
http://www.giadapc.com/products/minipc/s...s/i50.html
Atom d525 ion
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product
Also a close runner up is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product
I have since found my way back home and can't believe I ever left. Love Dharma!
So now to my question, Would I be better off going with a Intel® integrated GMA HD Graphic chip along with an i5 or a dual core 1.8 atom ION system?
I would like to be able to do nothing but watch movies.
I know, I know, I can watch 1080p on a 1.6 atom with no issues, however my rebuttal is I want to ALSO run heavy skins such as Aeon mq2. I have searched and found some people showing videos of atoms rockin mq2 pretty fluid...but not sure how many tweaks needed to be made.
Currently I'm running a Atom D525 on openelec custom build using Fernet Menta tweaks and its running Aeon nox flawlessly. I would like to add a second and possibly a 3rd media center and don't want to have to pick and choose skins based on what my pc can handle.
So...back to the question, is an i5 with intel graphics better than an atom with ion. I'm guessing that the processing power the i5 can kick out makes up for the loss in graphics power...anyone have any input?
Here at the 2 htpc's in question as what I'm looking at:
i5 with Intel Graphics
http://www.giadapc.com/products/minipc/s...s/i50.html
Atom d525 ion
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product
Also a close runner up is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product