2014-07-10, 21:33
(2014-07-10, 20:47)Mandraxbmc Wrote: Been looking into both of these platforms too . My current htpc is a E350N with 4gb ram which works fine in my bedroom running 24/7 for over 2 years now seeding all the time anywhere between 50 to 70 torrents , never had to pause or close utorrent to watch any films . It's also running win7 lite , utorrent , avg and xbmc and the cpu never reaches 40% unless I run winrar at the same time .
I intend to build a sff for the living room which will either be a Q1900 or quad core on a Am1 board . The only problem I have hit so far is my old Yamaha amp does not take hdmi inputs only spdif optical or coaxial and only the asrock Q1900 and the Am1h-itx Mobo has it which are still pricey compared to the rest of them . Oh and I also need a usb3 header for my front panel .
If I have overlooked any other boards please let me know .
Have you checked how many watts your system uses ?