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Shadowarez · 2014-09-30, 15:19

Hello all new to site not new to xbmc I currently have this setup as my HTPC but I'm building a crazy high powered Nas/HTPC as you will soon see.

Current HTPC specs
1.i3 3.4 Ghz socket 1335
2.16 Gb Mushkin Blacklist
3.256Gb Samsung 850 Pro Rapid mode Enabled
4.4 Wd Red 6Tb storage Pool
5.Acer M3970 Motherboard
6.Nvidia 430Gt 2gb video

This rig under performs with certain movies or issues updating is fast but getting fan art seems to take over a hour to update.

Next rig for my HTPC Nas
1.i7 5960x
2.32Gb of Corsair DDR4 3200mhz
3.Any asus Matx board possibly gene if released
4.Haf X-Evo case
5.Asus strip 9800Gtx
6.Samsung 850 Pro 256-512

This rig is going to be my file server and on days off HTPC.

nickr · 2014-09-30, 15:36

Wrong forum mate.

Shadowarez · 2014-10-01, 03:39

Dang sorry can a mod move it for me.

**Dougie Fresh** · 2014-10-01, 15:58

What is unique about "certain movies", anything? Most, even high-bitrate, 1080p movies show smooth as silk even with a Celeron CPU.

I don't see a CPU upgrade affecting getting fanart from the internet in any way either.

omontero · (This post was last modified: 2014-10-01, 17:04 by omontero.)

(2014-10-01, 15:58)Dougie Fresh Wrote: What is unique about "certain movies", anything? Most, even high-bitrate, 1080p movies show smooth as silk even with a Celeron CPU.

I don't see a CPU upgrade affecting getting fanart from the internet in any way either.

Totally agree. If my Amazon Fire can fly trough my database with 500 movies and 50 tv series I don't see why an I3 can´t. I would understand to have a machine as powerful as that if you want to do some gaming with it on the TV but if you only want to play or stream HD content your original configuration would be more than enough.

DJ_Izumi · 2014-10-01, 17:27

(2014-09-30, 15:19)Shadowarez Wrote: Hello all new to site not new to xbmc I currently have this setup as my HTPC but I'm building a crazy high powered Nas/HTPC as you will soon see.

Current HTPC specs
1.i3 3.4 Ghz socket 1335
2.16 Gb Mushkin Blacklist
3.256Gb Samsung 850 Pro Rapid mode Enabled
4.4 Wd Red 6Tb storage Pool
5.Acer M3970 Motherboard
6.Nvidia 430Gt 2gb video

This rig under performs with certain movies or issues updating is fast but getting fan art seems to take over a hour to update.

Next rig for my HTPC Nas
1.i7 5960x
2.32Gb of Corsair DDR4 3200mhz
3.Any asus Matx board possibly gene if released
4.Haf X-Evo case
5.Asus strip 9800Gtx
6.Samsung 850 Pro 256-512

This rig is going to be my file server and on days off HTPC.

Your fanart issue isn't much related to your local machine speed, but how fast the API on the site hosting the artwork can service your machine's demands for files. Throwing an 8 core CPU at the problem is redonk...

Frankly, if this thing is ONLY doing NAS and XBMC, an 8 core CPU is just... Nuts. This makes my 3770K Kodi machine look modest...o.O

RaggSokk3n · 2014-10-03, 02:01

Congratulations you can now emulate 32 HTPCs playing 4x1080p each Smile

Soul_Est · 2014-10-04, 05:06

Will this be part workstation, server, media server, gaming computer, and HTPC?

DJ_Izumi · (This post was last modified: 2014-10-04, 05:11 by DJ_Izumi.)

(2014-10-04, 05:06)Soul_Est Wrote: Will this be part workstation, server, media server, gaming computer, and HTPC?

I only see 8 cores useful if it's a workstation. I had a 3770K desktop and went to an i7 4930K, those six cores made negligible improvement in gaming, four cores is really enough these days, it's the GPU that's doing all the work, especially when you get into redonk numbers like six or eight cores.

...Of course my i7 4930K -is- a workstation. It doesn't do XBMC at all.

Raztax · 2014-10-07, 13:40

32G ram is serious overkill as well. I doubt many apps can utilize a full 16G let alone 32

RaggSokk3n · 2014-10-07, 14:22

The only use of 32gb I can imagine:
a. Ramdisk
b. Playing Sims with all expansion packs while streaming som other memory hungry game to a second, third and fourth computer.
c. Workstation