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 Member 792 Level 16.30 Mar 2006 
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AMD should work fine. However, Intel is receiving some price drops this/next week, so Intel looks attractive. But, if you're not planning to do any encoding and only using it as player, then you could go even lower. AMD X2 3800 is a good cheap option. (Intel was light years ahead for the last year, performance wise. However, we're waiting to see what AMD has in its hands and hopefully it won't be like the Radeon 2900).
There's one rule with mobos: Don't get a shitty one. Don't cop out and buy a cheap no-name brand. You'll never know that it'll fry your other components. RAM: I'll say 1GB. It's a nice place to start and video playback isn't RAM intensive. However, prices are dropping slowly enough that even 2 GB of ram doesn't seem like a bad investments. Other question, no clue. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 792 Level 16.30 Mar 2006
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C2D still use more electricity at the low end. They may have better performance per watt.. I'm looking toward lower power and lower consumption, which AMD is stronger in. I see no point in using C2D for a budge HTPC. X2 3800 is the bare minimum though. AMD's processors are dirt cheap. I think X2 5000 is like around $125.
If it's going to be an HTPC, might as well shell some money out for a decent soundcard and stereo system. Of course, if you don't really care too much, onboard sound should be fine. It all depends if you can hear the difference. If you don't care about your files, RAID isn't important. For what it seems like you're going to be doing, you can go with lower end parts. You're just looking for smooth playback, which doesn't requiring process heavy lifting. For example, look at HP: http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...dec&catLevel=2 http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...nter&aoid=1024 It's all pretty low end stuff. Pentuim D is present on one, which is pretty questionable. nVIDIA 7600, which isn't smoking hot. The other has x2 5000 and a nVIDIA 7300. I'm guessing you could go with a AMD processor around 4000 and even a GeForce 8300 to 8500. A HTPC isn't supposed to be high tech stuff. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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