2013-01-03, 17:08
Having just got my WHS rebuilt, my media corretly scraped and XBMC installed onto my ATV 2 I am now looking a building a HTPC for the living room.
I have an old Antec Fusion case with a VFD so I will be using that.
I intend on using Windows as that is what I am most familiar with.
Some questions around windows
The rest of my build is as follows, this is all hardware I have around the house:
Athlon IIx3 435
4GB RAM
DFI Lanparty JR Matx 780G chipset I think
Will the onboard graphics (Radeon HD 3 series) be enough?
If not I have a two options Geforce 430 or a Radeon 4550, which would be better?
My media is a mixture of low res avi /xvids all the way up to a couple of BR full iso's.
Thanks in advance.
Nims
I have an old Antec Fusion case with a VFD so I will be using that.
I intend on using Windows as that is what I am most familiar with.
Some questions around windows
- I have 4GB of ram kicking around, any advantages of using 64 bit over 32?
- I only have a 30GB SSD, has anyone got any advice around building a suitable small windows installation using tools such at nlite or RT 7 lite?
The rest of my build is as follows, this is all hardware I have around the house:
Athlon IIx3 435
4GB RAM
DFI Lanparty JR Matx 780G chipset I think
Will the onboard graphics (Radeon HD 3 series) be enough?
If not I have a two options Geforce 430 or a Radeon 4550, which would be better?
My media is a mixture of low res avi /xvids all the way up to a couple of BR full iso's.
Thanks in advance.
Nims