2014-05-17, 14:55
I'm looking to build/buy a new HTPC. Price is important - hopefully less than £250, but definitely less than £300.
It needs to handle deinterlacing of Live TV without any issues on ubuntu.
I have an Asus EB1501 (Atom 330/nvidia ION) which does this fine with Bilinear scaling and Bob deinterlacing. I also have a Core i5/nvidia GT 620 system which obviously works great but is too big, and I don't want to use it as an HTPC anymore.
I've been looking at the Intel J1900 based systems, but I've read on here deinterlacing isn't too great/suitable. I've been thinking of pairing one of these boards with an nvidia GPU. Other options being an Intel Core i3 based NUC or an AMD based system.
Intel J1900/nvidia setup
Asrock Q1900-ITX motherboard
nvidia GPU (PCI-E x1)
4GB RAM
SSD
Case
PicoPSU
Total ~£280 (or £260 if I get the motherboard from Germany)
Intel Core i3 NUC
Intel D34010WYK
4GB RAM
SSD
Total ~£260
What would be recommended for this?
Is the lower power NUC capable?
Are there better/cheaper AMD setups available?
Edit:
Just priced up what I think would be the equivalent AMD based system.
AMD AM1
Asus AM1I-A
AMD Athlon 5150
4GB RAM
SSD
Case
PSU
Total ~ £210 (or less)
It needs to handle deinterlacing of Live TV without any issues on ubuntu.
I have an Asus EB1501 (Atom 330/nvidia ION) which does this fine with Bilinear scaling and Bob deinterlacing. I also have a Core i5/nvidia GT 620 system which obviously works great but is too big, and I don't want to use it as an HTPC anymore.
I've been looking at the Intel J1900 based systems, but I've read on here deinterlacing isn't too great/suitable. I've been thinking of pairing one of these boards with an nvidia GPU. Other options being an Intel Core i3 based NUC or an AMD based system.
Intel J1900/nvidia setup
Asrock Q1900-ITX motherboard
nvidia GPU (PCI-E x1)
4GB RAM
SSD
Case
PicoPSU
Total ~£280 (or £260 if I get the motherboard from Germany)
Intel Core i3 NUC
Intel D34010WYK
4GB RAM
SSD
Total ~£260
What would be recommended for this?
Is the lower power NUC capable?
Are there better/cheaper AMD setups available?
Edit:
Just priced up what I think would be the equivalent AMD based system.
AMD AM1
Asus AM1I-A
AMD Athlon 5150
4GB RAM
SSD
Case
PSU
Total ~ £210 (or less)