3 different builts

only one memory stick ?

At my fathers pc or my HTPC config?
My fathers pc got 2 4gb rams. As for my HTPC I'm just trying to save money where I can for the moment so I thought that for the beginning I could go for 1 memory stick and buy another one later.

there's no problems in using just 1 stick of am.

(2012-04-16 12:38)riptide Wrote:  At my fathers pc or my HTPC config?
My fathers pc got 2 4gb rams. As for my HTPC I'm just trying to save money where I can for the moment so I thought that for the beginning I could go for 1 memory stick and buy another one later.

How about start off with 2x2= 4GB? It'll be better, and you will not need to upgrade it for a long time........

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(2012-04-16 01:07)riptide Wrote:  I guess I will go for the i3 config and hope there won't be too many problems to face. For example I just installed xbmc on my fathers pc so he could watch some movies smoothly and easily on his Tv but unfortunately it kind of mini stutters at tracking shots etc. using vlc on the same movie it runs smoothly. I guess it's about xbmc settings but I'm not sure which settings exactly. My father doesn't notice the "stutter" but it annoys me.

You should not have any problem with XBMC using i3+HD7750. For your father PC, try to select DXVA2 with DXVA as Render Method in XBMC settings/video/playback.......

Thanks for your help.I will try it tomorrow. I got one further question: is there a cheap, good case where there is a cover in front of the Bluray drive? For the grandia I think there is a cover you can put on the drive by double sided tape but would be great if there was a cheaper one

How about this case- SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel Lascala Series LC10B-E ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Looks good even though it's the same price as the grandia. At least in germany. So there would be a permanent cover in front of the Bluray drive?

(2012-04-17 03:11)riptide Wrote:  Looks good even though it's the same price as the grandia. At least in germany. So there would be a permanent cover in front of the Bluray drive?

I think that this one might be what you are looking for- SilverStone LC20-B Aluminum Front

If you don't want to see anything in front at all, you can go for this case instead- SilverStone LC13B-E Aluminum/Steel ATX Media Center/HTPC Case - Retail (Black)

If you want to save some money it may be worth to think about the CM PSU. I use the bequiet Straight Power CM 480W PSU in the GD04 case. After building it I thought it would have been ok without cable management. But of course I can't tell you how it will be without.

If you want to use an optical drive you will at least need 2 SATA/HDD cables because HDD and drive are "far" away from each other. So the only cables I have left are 1 SATA/HDD cable and 2 PCIe cables. I guess there will be some room for these cables inside the case and you could save some more euros and get the cheaper pure power or a better straight power without cm. Just an idea. Again, I did not try it without cable management myself. Maybe somebody else can tell.