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Hey everybody!

I am planning on gering mysekf a media center pc Up and running, I want to reuse Some spare parts I have in an old computer around here. It has an i3-350 cpu 8 gigs of ddr3 ram and a gtx 660.

So my question is: Will I be able to watch tv/movies on it and maybe play a few games on it?

Thank you very much die replying!

Current Build: CPU: i7-3770 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 Mobo: P8Z77-V LX2 RAM: 16 Gigs of random DDR3 ram Storage: WD Caviar Black 2TB drive Case: Nexus Prominent 9 Cooler: Stock intel cooler, Stock Case fans PSU: OCZ technologies 750 w PSU Monitor: 2x Philips 243V5 OS: Windows 8.1 Pro Sound: Logitech G430 Keyboard: Logitech K290 Mouse: Logitech G502 Mic: Blue yeti

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Hey everybody!

I am planning on gering mysekf a media center pc Up and running, I want to reuse Some spare parts I have in an old computer around here. It has an i3-350 cpu 8 gigs of ddr3 ram and a gtx 660.

So my question is: Will I be able to watch tv/movies on it and maybe play a few games on it?

Thank you very much die replying!

Yes!

 

You will want to look into something like Steam in home streaming and gamestream for more intensive games, but this can play a few smaller games for sure. 

D3SL91 | Ethan | Gaming+Work System | NAS System | Photo: Nikon D750 + D5200

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Thank you very much for Your help! I have a much more powerful system in the house so if I want to play. Lets say. Watch dogs of something, I can use steam that, I Will do a bit of research into that! Thanks again!

Current Build: CPU: i7-3770 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 Mobo: P8Z77-V LX2 RAM: 16 Gigs of random DDR3 ram Storage: WD Caviar Black 2TB drive Case: Nexus Prominent 9 Cooler: Stock intel cooler, Stock Case fans PSU: OCZ technologies 750 w PSU Monitor: 2x Philips 243V5 OS: Windows 8.1 Pro Sound: Logitech G430 Keyboard: Logitech K290 Mouse: Logitech G502 Mic: Blue yeti

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Thank you very much for Your help! I have a much more powerful system in the house so if I want to play. Lets say. Watch dogs of something, I can use steam that, I Will do a bit of research into that! Thanks again!

Considering that a Raspberry Pi can stream 1080p fine, a full desktop with a 660 and dual-core i3, should be just fine :)

 

Have fun. 

D3SL91 | Ethan | Gaming+Work System | NAS System | Photo: Nikon D750 + D5200

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Thank you very much!

Current Build: CPU: i7-3770 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970 Mobo: P8Z77-V LX2 RAM: 16 Gigs of random DDR3 ram Storage: WD Caviar Black 2TB drive Case: Nexus Prominent 9 Cooler: Stock intel cooler, Stock Case fans PSU: OCZ technologies 750 w PSU Monitor: 2x Philips 243V5 OS: Windows 8.1 Pro Sound: Logitech G430 Keyboard: Logitech K290 Mouse: Logitech G502 Mic: Blue yeti

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