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post #11 of 12
10/29/12 at 4:32pm
i'm running 1080p video with full sound on a amd 4850e 2 gigs of ram and a 6450 2gb card all running on a 40gb ssd plays movies that i stream from my server just fine. No stuttering / screen issues and audio comes across perfectly. You dont need a high end build if all your doing is watching movies. I would say go quad core if you were planning on transcoding them but that dosent seem to be the case.

A6-5400k -$74.99
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AsRock FM2A85X - $99.99
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Gskill 4GB 1600 - $21.99
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Corsair CX430 V2 - $44.99
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nMedia HTPC 500B - $64.99
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306.95

throw in shipping and what ever HDD you want and you will be under $500 easy

2tb wd red - $129.01
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$436 with the hdd
Edited by burksdb - 10/29/12 at 4:45pm
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post #12 of 12
10/29/12 at 7:30pm
I would definitely second the a6. It is more than enough for 1080p and HD audio. Then run a nightly build of xbmc that supports HD audio and u will be in htpc nirvana. That is if u are ripping your blurays. Otherwise I guess you will be using arcsoft or powerdvd.

Anyways, what kind of speakers u got? Obviously the sweetest htpc is only gonna sound as good as what you're driving allows. tongue.gif
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