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2016-07-12, 22:26
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-12, 22:32 by chowdan.)
Hey guys,
I'm in the works of building a low cost, low power Kodi media center. I am going to be replacing the current desktop that I have in place of a much smaller form factor(mini itx) and one that will be far less power consumption.
I'm looking at using the AMD A6-6400K CPU(seems like A10-6700T is better in terms of power), however I am also debating about using an athlon 5350. The reason I'm considering the athlon is due to the lower power consumption and cost.
Is Kodi more CPU intensive or is it GPU?
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nickr
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2016-07-12, 23:50
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-13, 08:07 by nickr.)
Don't go AMD whatever you do. Crap drivers, crap support. Intel or nvidia.
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wait for Bristol Ridge if AMD or Kaby Lake for Intel - more future proof 10bit HEVC support and maybe VP9
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Jaxcen
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2016-07-13, 23:49
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-13, 23:50 by Jaxcen.)
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Will change with Bristol ridge. And btw. we brought AMD a long way on linux. With very, very good support by the AMD OSS devs, it works quite nicely already.
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Great to hear about AMD support. I like options when I shop. For me it's not about getting the biggest or fastest, it's about getting the biggest bang for the buck.
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@fritsch: can you explain why it will change with b.ridge? thought the problems come from driver, not the hardware.
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fritsch
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@piotrasd: works on windows only
@Ed76: former amd hardware was not nearly doing the same as intel hw with same power usage. Bristol ridge will have a hevc 10 bit decoder and using low power.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
