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AMD Dual-Core vs Quad-Core for Media Center/Home NAS?

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Title says it all.

 

I want it to play Blu-Ray disc/files at 1080p

Share quickly with other computers through ethernet

 

So is Dual fine or would Quad be better?

 

Specifically from these processors

Dual-Core

AMD A6-6400K

 

Quad-Core

AMD A8-5600K

AMD FX-4100

 

-Thank You

 

 

 

 

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Dual core would be just fine, unless you plan on ripping any movies, rendering, or any other CPU intensive tasks that would go much faster with the extra cores. 

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Thank You both, I will go with the Quad, just in case I do plan on ripping.

 

Could I also add a question about memory.

 

Need requirements?

 

2/4/8GB?

 

I am thinking 4GB is perfect, dual channel, 1333mhz.

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Thank You both, I will go with the Quad, just in case I do plan on ripping.

 

Could I also add a question about memory.

 

Need requirements?

 

2/4/8GB?

 

I am thinking 4GB is perfect, dual channel, 1333mhz.

Yes for a media center 4GB is perfect. APU's benefit from higher frequency memory but since you're not gaming it won't make any difference, so again just like you said 4GB 1333MHz :P

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Hello i am currently running a media server in my house with an old intel Atom, wth i believe 2GB of RAM, but a WD RED so instead of focusing in the CPU or RAM i would also consider a descent HDD. (i am not saying you shouldn't use the 4GB or the Quad core, but i can stream video no problems with that thing)

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Hello i am currently running a media server in my house with an old intel Atom, wth i believe 2GB of RAM, but a WD RED so instead of focusing in the CPU or RAM i would also consider a descent HDD. (i am not saying you shouldn't use the 4GB or the Quad core, but i can stream video no problems with that thing)

Right now I have a 3TB Seagate, but I will be upgrading to a 32GB SSD as my main drive and 2x4TB as the storage/backups

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A G1610 would be cheaper and would do what you need. 

Here's my recommendation: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sbEy

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Any of those are fine.. Its the network connection to your client PC is what's important. I paid a guy to put a 1 GB connection between my server PC and client PC. Woot!

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I would also get a ssd as a chache

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