2012-01-14, 07:01
Blimey thanks for the replies guys MUCH appreciated.
My original idea was making a low watt NAS.
Got some old AMD`s sitting around and was thinking of using them but thought I`d have a look around first.
After seeing the 18W Fusions APU`s I got side tracked into NAS/XBMC for a HTPC.
I was all set between B and C was mainly hoping the Fusion would do it but seems that it aint got the grunt.
Ideally wanted a low watt box(NAS + XBMC) sitting under the telly but I didnt realise the kinda processing power needed for the HTPC side of things.
A:
Stick a RADEON HD 6570 (£40 approx) in old hardware (P4 3ghz) ?
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B:
Fusion E-350 (£100-£120 approx)
Was thinking of using this as NAS and for XBMC?
I like the idea of the low watts for NAS but maybe not enough power for HTPC?
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C:
As suggested by Eskro sticky etc..
A6 A3500 2.1GHz £66 ( $101 )
ASRock MB-A75M £60 ( $91 )
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The A6-3500 route seems very popular here and YOU are the guys who should know.
The price of the A6/mobo is approx the same as these Fusions but the Fusions low watts is still attractive as that is what I was originally looking for.
If the Fusions could do the HTPC side of things then I would plump for that.
I think(lol) I`ll go the A6 for HTPC with a seperate low watt PC acting as NAS/Server and clear out this old hardware..
Tho` I`ll leave it for a bit to see if the prices drop.
My original idea was making a low watt NAS.
Got some old AMD`s sitting around and was thinking of using them but thought I`d have a look around first.
After seeing the 18W Fusions APU`s I got side tracked into NAS/XBMC for a HTPC.
I was all set between B and C was mainly hoping the Fusion would do it but seems that it aint got the grunt.
Ideally wanted a low watt box(NAS + XBMC) sitting under the telly but I didnt realise the kinda processing power needed for the HTPC side of things.
A:
Stick a RADEON HD 6570 (£40 approx) in old hardware (P4 3ghz) ?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
B:
Fusion E-350 (£100-£120 approx)
Was thinking of using this as NAS and for XBMC?
I like the idea of the low watts for NAS but maybe not enough power for HTPC?
------------------------------------------------------------------
C:
As suggested by Eskro sticky etc..
A6 A3500 2.1GHz £66 ( $101 )
ASRock MB-A75M £60 ( $91 )
------------------------------------------------------------------
The A6-3500 route seems very popular here and YOU are the guys who should know.
The price of the A6/mobo is approx the same as these Fusions but the Fusions low watts is still attractive as that is what I was originally looking for.
If the Fusions could do the HTPC side of things then I would plump for that.
I think(lol) I`ll go the A6 for HTPC with a seperate low watt PC acting as NAS/Server and clear out this old hardware..
Tho` I`ll leave it for a bit to see if the prices drop.