2013-08-08, 04:56
Greetings. First of all, thank you for this forum and these suggested builds. I am new to XBMC and planning to build an HTPC to run XBMC on Windows. I am leaning toward most of the build #5 but have a couple of questions:
1.) Is there any reason I should NOT use the Core i3 3245 instead of the Core i3 3225? They both use Intel® HD Graphics 4000 and are about the same price. The 3245 is a bit newer (Q2 '13 vs Q3 '12) and a bit faster (3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz).
2.) Do you recommend running XBMC on Windows 8 or on Windows 7 (or does it really make a difference)?
Thanks!
1.) Is there any reason I should NOT use the Core i3 3245 instead of the Core i3 3225? They both use Intel® HD Graphics 4000 and are about the same price. The 3245 is a bit newer (Q2 '13 vs Q3 '12) and a bit faster (3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz).
2.) Do you recommend running XBMC on Windows 8 or on Windows 7 (or does it really make a difference)?
Thanks!