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<blockquote data-quote="bhengeveld" data-source="post: 1037384" data-attributes="member: 100291">your opinions on the following scenarios would be greatly appreciated!I want to install a multiseat system in our new home; We're watching HDTV (1080i) via IPTV. The server has to serve max 3 clients and will only be used a TV server. The idea is to build a 1U 19 inch case with a mini itx board with onboard CPU and 2 LAN ports, to make it energy efficientNow I can choose from two options that are available to me1. Use a 1,8 GHz atom processor (D525/2550) with a max of 4 GB of RAMOR2. a 1,1 GHz Celeron 847 with a max of 16GB RAM.Option 1 would work quite ok, since I've tried running a TV server on a 1,3 GHz atom board and that works quite well, also the Atom is a bit more energy efficient than the celeron.Concerning option 2 I could install 16GB of RAM and use something like Ramdisk with 12 GB for timeshifting, which I reckon would be the fastest option timeshift wise. But I don't know wether the Celeron would be powerful enough to get windows 7 and TV server running smoothly while serving multiple clients.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bhengeveld, post: 1037384, member: 100291"] your opinions on the following scenarios would be greatly appreciated! I want to install a multiseat system in our new home; We're watching HDTV (1080i) via IPTV. The server has to serve max 3 clients and will only be used a TV server. The idea is to build a 1U 19 inch case with a mini itx board with onboard CPU and 2 LAN ports, to make it energy efficient Now I can choose from two options that are available to me 1. Use a 1,8 GHz atom processor (D525/2550) with a max of 4 GB of RAM OR 2. a 1,1 GHz Celeron 847 with a max of 16GB RAM. Option 1 would work quite ok, since I've tried running a TV server on a 1,3 GHz atom board and that works quite well, also the Atom is a bit more energy efficient than the celeron. Concerning option 2 I could install 16GB of RAM and use something like Ramdisk with 12 GB for timeshifting, which I reckon would be the fastest option timeshift wise. But I don't know wether the Celeron would be powerful enough to get windows 7 and TV server running smoothly while serving multiple clients. [/QUOTE]

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