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**mrhyde1969** · 2013-08-29, 21:03

jammyb · 2013-08-29, 21:10

Waaaaay overkill!

NUC! :p

**mrhyde1969** · 2013-08-29, 21:23

what is overkill? if you mean the cpu, I was thinking this for its support of 23.976 refresh

GortWillSaveUs · (This post was last modified: 2013-08-29, 21:38 by GortWillSaveUs.)

(2013-08-29, 21:10)jammyb Wrote: Waaaaay overkill!

NUC! :p

Jammy: I know you're a fan of NUC,....but when you try to push people to NUC by offering convoluted advice,..it's not advice at all.

(2013-08-29, 21:03)mrhyde1969 Wrote: Hi, I have put together a list of what I think will be a decent Win7 build to play full bluray and hddvd rips with bitstreamed HD audio. I wont be installing a GPU but instead use the i5 for video and audio(bitstreming) duties, streaming all my content from a local server. Will this kit do what I wish? Many thanks,

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silversto...se-w-o-psu
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/400w-silv...tx-v23-psu
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-cor...l-plus-fre
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-3...8gb-module
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/60gb-cors...mb-s-write-
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-bc-1...x-cd-r-48x
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermalri...-heatpipes
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-z8...hdmi-micro

If you've got the cash to spend,....get it! This is not overkill is you want these parts,..and there's nothing unreasonable here.
You will however have a awesome system!

jammyb · (This post was last modified: 2013-08-29, 21:48 by jammyb.)

How is that not advice?

The spec the OP has listed to watch his NAS media is overkill. Over £600!

I suggest NUC! It's all linked in my sig!?

How the hell is that convoluted!?

i3 haswell NUC would happily do what the OP wants!

(2013-08-26, 18:09)Dougie Fresh Wrote: the thing to always remember with HTPC is all you need is fast enough not the fastest .

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=171705&page=9

**mrhyde1969** · (This post was last modified: 2013-08-29, 21:54 by mrhyde1969.)

Thanks guys for quick replies. jammyb I was not aware that there is an i3 haswell available!! can you please post a link

jammyb · (This post was last modified: 2013-08-29, 21:55 by jammyb.)

It's not bud. Due next month apparently. They got more ports [headphone and full SATA] including built in IR.

**mrhyde1969** · 2013-08-29, 22:01

Ok thanks for the heads up. Will hold off until these come out then. I have been reading through the NUC thread and was under the impression that the haswell chipsets where only coming out as i5 and i7!!

jammyb · (This post was last modified: 2013-08-29, 22:18 by jammyb.)

Haswell is Pentium, i3,i5 and i7.

The new NUCs look smart

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-N...22989.html

If only they'd bring it out with internal USB3 headers. No more SATA requirements. USB3 memorystick is all you'd need!

**mrhyde1969** · 2013-08-29, 22:23

They do look sleek but I am wondering on pricing, I bet they wont be too far away if not higher than the setup I was thinking of? If they are reasonably priced would def' think of going this route. Just a shame they don't have spdif output also...

Richard39 · 2013-08-29, 22:32

nothing overkill about that system at all just prolly better wait afew weeks for the haswell i3 , save alittle cash

great little system for now and future proofed in respect of 3d etc if u don't have that already