2012-07-18, 15:02
Building a HTPC for streaming netflix as well as videos from my tower. Was wondering if this MB/CPU Combo will handle Netflix HD without any stuttering?
2012-07-18, 15:20
hey, i dont know as much as a lot of these people on here, but i have been reading for the last week and a half about this mb/cpu combo and people here have been giving it mixed reviews, mostly not good. I can share with you a build I'm fixing to build as soon as my ATV2 is done selling on ebay though.
http://amzn.com/w/OD004WZ57GJ
http://amzn.com/w/OD004WZ57GJ
2012-07-18, 18:02
If you Google "Zacate Netflix HD" you'll find a lot of problems. The issue is that Netflix uses Silverlight which has issues with HW acceleration. You can find information abou the Silverlight/HW acceleration issues on the Microsoft Connect site. One frequent poster here says it's not a problem if you set your account setting to "medium" which I have not tried.
Compare the price of the ASRock E350M1 at $94 most places to the price of a G530+H61 mini-itx motherboard or the A6-3500+A75M mini-itx motherboard. For the same or a few dollars more (depending on the sale price) you can have a system that will absolutely run Netflix HD without having to worry about it.
Compare the price of the ASRock E350M1 at $94 most places to the price of a G530+H61 mini-itx motherboard or the A6-3500+A75M mini-itx motherboard. For the same or a few dollars more (depending on the sale price) you can have a system that will absolutely run Netflix HD without having to worry about it.
2012-07-22, 00:19
Thanks guys. I ended up going with an ASRock A75M and A8-3850.
2012-07-22, 01:33
(2012-07-18, 18:02)Dougie Fresh Wrote: If you Google "Zacate Netflix HD" you'll find a lot of problems. The issue is that Netflix uses Silverlight which has issues with HW acceleration. You can find information abou the Silverlight/HW acceleration issues on the Microsoft Connect site. One frequent poster here says it's not a problem if you set your account setting to "medium" which I have not tried.
Compare the price of the ASRock E350M1 at $94 most places to the price of a G530+H61 mini-itx motherboard or the A6-3500+A75M mini-itx motherboard. For the same or a few dollars more (depending on the sale price) you can have a system that will absolutely run Netflix HD without having to worry about it.
I would like to see those deals, not trying to be sarcastic. as for A75M average $90 alone and the A6 about $80
now as far as the G530 and a H61 thaats something that if you look realy hard (ebay) you could pull it off and your looking at a much better setup
2012-07-22, 01:46
(2012-07-22, 01:33)lagledavid Wrote:(2012-07-18, 18:02)Dougie Fresh Wrote: If you Google "Zacate Netflix HD" you'll find a lot of problems. The issue is that Netflix uses Silverlight which has issues with HW acceleration. You can find information abou the Silverlight/HW acceleration issues on the Microsoft Connect site. One frequent poster here says it's not a problem if you set your account setting to "medium" which I have not tried.
Compare the price of the ASRock E350M1 at $94 most places to the price of a G530+H61 mini-itx motherboard or the A6-3500+A75M mini-itx motherboard. For the same or a few dollars more (depending on the sale price) you can have a system that will absolutely run Netflix HD without having to worry about it.
I would like to see those deals
As you requested. $85 or $100.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0388089
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0388574
G530/G540 is actually $35 but its not on their website evidently.
Another one...
$42
$46
$88.
2012-07-22, 02:57
(2012-07-22, 01:46)assassin Wrote:(2012-07-22, 01:33)lagledavid Wrote:(2012-07-18, 18:02)Dougie Fresh Wrote: If you Google "Zacate Netflix HD" you'll find a lot of problems. The issue is that Netflix uses Silverlight which has issues with HW acceleration. You can find information abou the Silverlight/HW acceleration issues on the Microsoft Connect site. One frequent poster here says it's not a problem if you set your account setting to "medium" which I have not tried.
Compare the price of the ASRock E350M1 at $94 most places to the price of a G530+H61 mini-itx motherboard or the A6-3500+A75M mini-itx motherboard. For the same or a few dollars more (depending on the sale price) you can have a system that will absolutely run Netflix HD without having to worry about it.
I would like to see those deals
As you requested. $85 or $100.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0388089
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0388574
G530/G540 is actually $35 but its not on their website evidently.
Another one...
$42
$46
$88.
Nice job assasin. I stopped looking at there deals because everytime it was in store only I know the cpu is but you can dind one at a descent price if you dont live near a micro center
