HTPC

[1800John]

Hey does anyone know if watching movies are more cpu intensive than the gpu? Should I get a higher-end cpu processor or a graphics card? Will me mainly used for Movies, NOT rendering or gaming. Would I need a lot of RAM?

[jdidia1006]

My HTPC has an APU in it without a graphics card.  It works really nicely for watching movies on a HDD and streaming.  I'm using 8GB of RAM @ 1866MHz.  An APU benefits from faster RAM.

 

Hey does anyone know if watching movies are more cpu intensive than the gpu? Should I get a higher-end cpu processor or a graphics card? Will me mainly used for Movies, NOT rendering or gaming. Would I need a lot of RAM?

[1800John]

My HTPC has an APU in it without a graphics card.  It works really nicely for watching movies on a HDD and streaming.  I'm using 8GB of RAM @ 1866MHz.  An APU benefits from faster RAM.

Thanks, could you tell me what APU you are using?

[jdidia1006]

A8-6600K...

 

Here's the setup...http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8KPdWZ

 

I would make a few changing to it depending on your usage but its at least a start.

 

Thanks, could you tell me what APU you are using?

[1800John]

pow

[brandishwar]

To kind of give you an idea of how "powerful" a system you might need, a Raspberry Pi can easily suffice as an HTPC.

[infamous_last]

My HTPC has 1.3Mhz dual core (12W TDP!), all the heavy lifting is done by the GPU.

Plays 1080 content very well with a low level discrete card.

Would recommend an SSD for primary drive though.

[1800John]

cool