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Waaaaay overkill!

NUC! :p

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

(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!

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

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

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

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!!

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!

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...

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

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