2012-01-16, 13:22
CursiveQ Wrote:hi guys, i'm planning on building a budget HTPC and below is the parts i have decided on. please let me know what you guys think. i noticed that in the guides a separate video card is added in all the builds. will this cpu w/ gpu power be good enough to run 1080p mkvs? that is all i'll be needing.
-Intel G620
-Biostar H61MHB HDMI motherboard http://www.amazon.com/Biostar-H61MHB-Int...768&sr=1-1
- hec case w/ 300 watt psu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811121100
- 4gb ddr3 g skill ram
- old 500 gb 2.5'' seagate HDD.
also i am currently using my macbook and running plex as an htpc front end. i don't really search for the metadata by each episode and movie etc. is there an option on xbmc where i can just view files in a folder and play them without having to sort them into TV Shows/Movies?
thanks for your help.
I dont know if the IGPU is enough to play the big files. Its close but you could add a GPU later or go with the i3 and then no prob
As for the file views in XBMC. There are a number of options. You can view them as they are in folders (file view) or as scraped and arranged in any form ie Title, genre, year, actor and so on. (Library View)