2012-02-13, 04:21
In regard to Excreator's build, I think it's very solid and should deliver excellent performance. I do have a couple of questions regarding it though.
Building a present day HTPC, aside from my two questions above does anyone else have any objections / suggestions to the build Excreator has posted? He and I have actually looked into this together and are currently ironing out the final touches before purchase.
We've circumvented macroblocking by going the AMD/ATI route. Are we missing anything crucial?
Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated
- RAM -Would the 8 gig of RAM be overkill? Wouldn't he be able to run XBMC on win 7 with 0 stutter and stream 1080p (hard wired ethernet not wifi, possibly even wifi) seamlessly with 4 gig of RAM?
What about something like this for example - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820104203
- Case Temperature - Will he need an after market CPU fan or will the stock CPU fan be sufficient? I'm sort of on the fence regarding this one as the case he chose has 2 120mm fans in it. Would these fans compensate for the weaker stock CPU fan and keep the overall case components cool?
Building a present day HTPC, aside from my two questions above does anyone else have any objections / suggestions to the build Excreator has posted? He and I have actually looked into this together and are currently ironing out the final touches before purchase.
We've circumvented macroblocking by going the AMD/ATI route. Are we missing anything crucial?
Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated