2012-06-07, 00:45
Hi,
Want your opinion on which configuration I should go for. Currently I have a i3 530 htpc but something is very wrong and I'm pretty sure it's the mobo. Since it's hard to get a new lga 1156 motherboard with the right amount of slots I've decided to change cpu + mobo. But what to choose? I red here on xbmc's forum that you are very found of the a6-3500, so maybe that's a better option then getting a new intel i3 21xx.
Basically I use the htpc for xbmc and dvbviewer. The catch is that I also stream over the internet and that involves some transcoding, which the cpu has to be strong enough to handle. If I look at various charts the i3 is much better with transcoding than the A6-3500, so what will you advise me to do?
I know my i3 530 has problem with showing 23.987 hz, don't know if the cured that on the new one.
Want your opinion on which configuration I should go for. Currently I have a i3 530 htpc but something is very wrong and I'm pretty sure it's the mobo. Since it's hard to get a new lga 1156 motherboard with the right amount of slots I've decided to change cpu + mobo. But what to choose? I red here on xbmc's forum that you are very found of the a6-3500, so maybe that's a better option then getting a new intel i3 21xx.
Basically I use the htpc for xbmc and dvbviewer. The catch is that I also stream over the internet and that involves some transcoding, which the cpu has to be strong enough to handle. If I look at various charts the i3 is much better with transcoding than the A6-3500, so what will you advise me to do?
I know my i3 530 has problem with showing 23.987 hz, don't know if the cured that on the new one.
Since you recommend a nvidia gpu is that because of the faulty 23.976 hz problem? 