2012-09-17, 13:18
Hi all,
I've been using a purpose-built XBMC player under my telly for about a year now, with an Athlon X2 260, an Asus M4A78LT-M mobo and an MSI G210 fanless graphics card, and XBMC installed on an OCZ 60Gb SSD. The PSU is a 380W Antec Green, and it all sits in a Silverstone ML03B.
I've run various flavours of XBMC Live and XBMCBuntu.
I'm now thinking of 'upgrading' to maybe improve compatibility a little and definitely improve the noise levels.
Right now I'm looking at the following:
Pentium G530
Asrock H61M Socket 1155 with HDMI
Some sort of Pico PSU
...and hoping that I can get away with the G530's integrated graphics (the G210 would still be available to me as a fallback, of course, since it doesn't add any further noise).
Just wondering if anyone has experience of any of these elements and can offer advice? Will the G530 still give me as slick an XBMCBuntu experience as the X2 260? Will its integrated graphics be good enough for up to 1080p playback? (I don't play BluRay rips, so no 24fps stuff for me - telly can't cope with it anyway).
Also, does anyone have any ideas on which Pico PSU would be up to coping with that? I'm looking at the 90W or 120W one at present, although I note that both 150W and 160W versions are also available...
Any advice or comments appreciated,
Discy
I've been using a purpose-built XBMC player under my telly for about a year now, with an Athlon X2 260, an Asus M4A78LT-M mobo and an MSI G210 fanless graphics card, and XBMC installed on an OCZ 60Gb SSD. The PSU is a 380W Antec Green, and it all sits in a Silverstone ML03B.
I've run various flavours of XBMC Live and XBMCBuntu.
I'm now thinking of 'upgrading' to maybe improve compatibility a little and definitely improve the noise levels.
Right now I'm looking at the following:
Pentium G530
Asrock H61M Socket 1155 with HDMI
Some sort of Pico PSU
...and hoping that I can get away with the G530's integrated graphics (the G210 would still be available to me as a fallback, of course, since it doesn't add any further noise).
Just wondering if anyone has experience of any of these elements and can offer advice? Will the G530 still give me as slick an XBMCBuntu experience as the X2 260? Will its integrated graphics be good enough for up to 1080p playback? (I don't play BluRay rips, so no 24fps stuff for me - telly can't cope with it anyway).
Also, does anyone have any ideas on which Pico PSU would be up to coping with that? I'm looking at the 90W or 120W one at present, although I note that both 150W and 160W versions are also available...
Any advice or comments appreciated,
Discy