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Old 2008-05-31, 01:40   #94 (permalink)
armandp
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yes that's a Wii Gonna hook it up together with the HTPC to my new Onkyo so i only have one HDMI cable to my tv.
haven't played with the emulator plugin yet.. because my Wii is more fun for now (i'm a Mario Kart Wii online addict)

The CPU choice really depends on when the new mainboard revision (1.1) is available. If the Kuma ones are out when i get the new mainboard then i go with the 6250.. otherwise i will be impatient and go for the triple core Phenom 8450-8750 (it's a little bit overkill imho) .

I am thinking of leaving the 4850e behind me because i wanna upgrade to HT 3.0 and unleash the full potential of the 780. Only concern for me, next to the fact that it's a little more expensive, is that when i do go for the Phenom i have to address the heat (+cooling possibilities) and power consumption. Knowing the HTPC is idle most of the time (cool&quiet lowering the frequency and voltage resulting in minimal heat/energy) this is might not be a problem after all.

I will keep you up to date. Polishing my real blog now btw and after that strip this topic to the bare basics and probably continue the details over there (url will follow)
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