[OneUP]

Hello people
First of all I would like to say sorry if this post don't belong here, or in any way cross the rules. The mentioned videos or files in this Thread are not illegally downloadet in any way!

My Requirements of the machine: Playing bluray rips (1080), with DTS support. These files are not low quality rips of 1 GB. My rips is like 40 GB each of the highest quality. Its raw rips to .mkv.

I have been researching for a while and found out that android "xbmc" cant do my job as i also want this "HTPC" working like a NAS. Most of the China manufactured XBMC boxes i have read about is lagging in video/audio if you play high resolution videos.

I managed to gather some hardware specs but i would like to know if i should go for a Intel Pentium or Celeron processor for my Mini-ITX build? I see that Pentium is faster but GPU is like 80% slower than the celeron?

Comparison: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Pentium-G3...eron-G1830

I want to build this Mini-ITX on a tight "wifey-budget" - I have also seen Intel Celeron G1830 has the highest GPU clock speed. Would this be my best choice as its also cheap. I'm not going to buy a graphic card

[Christer K]

cpuboss is wrong.. http://ark.intel.com/products/78954/Inte...e-2_80-GHz

[joelbaby]

Do you play 3D raw ripped movies?
Where are the 40GB files stored?
What speed connection to the HTPC do you have ? Wifi, 100Mbps, 1Gbps ?

CPUBoss is a bullshit website with no useful information.

[OneUP]

Do you play 3D raw ripped movies?
Where are the 40GB files stored?
What speed connection to the HTPC do you have ? Wifi, 100Mbps, 1Gbps ?

CPUBoss is a bullshit website with no useful information.

I'm on a gigabit switch with cat6 cables. Yes I will also be watching 3D. The files will be streaming directly from the itx to my TV via HDMI 1.4

[elusien]

Have at look at this website for a good set of recommendations:

http://mymediaexperience.com

[joelbaby]

3D

Then you need the i3 processor.

Consider: NUC D34010WYK + 4GB DDR SODIMM 1.35v + 60GB mSata SSD = $400.
On this machine you can run Windows 7 or Windows 8.1
You can build something cheaper with 2GB RAM, and a 8Gb Kingspec mSATA SSD running OpenElec = $350

Or - if you build a mini-itx machine, then use the i3-4130 processor. There are some builds on this forum with this chip.

Put the OS and XBMC on the SSD. Put movies on separate drive.

The files will be streaming directly from the itx

Why? 40GB rips will use up a lot of space very fast. Don't build 1 mega machine.
Your biggest problem will be storage. I guess you already have a PC that can rip the Blu-Rays.

Cheap solution - buy 2TB 2.5" WD My Passport USB3.0 drive. 50 movies. Plug it into USB port on NUC. Sell drive to a friend when you outgrow it.

Medium term solution - Buy 4TB 3.5" WD Black drive, and put it inside a $50 drive cage, and network it. Your router probably has a USB port, and will be able to share this drive.

Longer term solution - Buy more 4TB 3.5" WD Black drives, and put inside a NAS (e.g. HP Microserver N54L, or a Synology 4 Bay).

Hard drives can make noise, especially 3.5" 7200rpm ones. Don't put them near the TV.


This solution will have the utmost Wife Acceptance Factor.

The problem with what you ask for is this:

My rips is like 40 GB each of the highest quality. Its raw rips to .mkv.

I want to build this Mini-ITX on a tight "wifey-budget" Big Grin - I have also seen Intel Celeron G1830 has the highest GPU clock speed. Would this be my best choice as its also cheap.

This cannot be cheap.
A 4TB drive = $300 (and 4TB gives you the cheapest cost per MB)
You want 3D raw blu-ray so need a faster processor.

To do it affordably you build it up slowly, with the longer term goal in mind.

[OneUP]

Joelbaby. Thanks for the detailed response. I'll try researching a little more on myexperience and listen for more replies. Remember though as this itx will be also running as a NAS

[joelbaby]

Joelbaby. Thanks for the detailed response. I'll try researching a little more on myexperience and listen for more replies. Remember though as this itx will be also running as a NAS

You will regret that decision in the longer term. Lots of disk inside a case next to TV
= Bigger box
= More noise
= Harder to upgrade in the future because everything is in one box.

[elusien]

You will regret that decision in the longer term. Lots of disk inside a case next to TV
= Bigger box
= More noise
= Harder to upgrade in the future because everything is in one box.

I agree, it will be hot, noisy and you won't fit much disk space in an ITX. Set up a NAS instead, possibly using unRAID NAS software, and serve it over gigabit-ethernet.