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<blockquote data-quote="VdR" data-source="post: 842382" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p>I want to build a new MP client. Not that I need one, I just want to build one.</p><p></p><p>It's to replace my Z552 client, it's an old, slow, big ugly brick. Reasons enough to convince me.</p><p></p><p>There's two things I'm looking for: Speed of the GUI. The Pentium and even more the atom client are just not crisp, it's great on my overclocked i7 2500k, but I do not use that machine as an MP client really. And: silent, as in fan less, HDD less and ODD less.</p><p></p><p>For the case I love the looks of the Streacom FC5, but I want the one without ODD slot that should become available soon. For speed I'm willing to go for an i5 2300 and I will use the SSD from the existing Z552 client.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have experience, good or bad, with the iGPU in the i5? Totally smooth on 1080p24?</p><p></p><p>The client will only have W7 and MP installed. What else can I do to get speed? Is the amount of RAM going to have a big influence? Would a RAM drive help in some way. What about 32bit versus 64bit, MP is a 32bit application, so 64bit is not going to help on speed, maybe on the contrary?</p><p></p><p></p><p>VdR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VdR, post: 842382, member: 25818"] I want to build a new MP client. Not that I need one, I just want to build one. It's to replace my Z552 client, it's an old, slow, big ugly brick. Reasons enough to convince me. There's two things I'm looking for: Speed of the GUI. The Pentium and even more the atom client are just not crisp, it's great on my overclocked i7 2500k, but I do not use that machine as an MP client really. And: silent, as in fan less, HDD less and ODD less. For the case I love the looks of the Streacom FC5, but I want the one without ODD slot that should become available soon. For speed I'm willing to go for an i5 2300 and I will use the SSD from the existing Z552 client. Anyone have experience, good or bad, with the iGPU in the i5? Totally smooth on 1080p24? The client will only have W7 and MP installed. What else can I do to get speed? Is the amount of RAM going to have a big influence? Would a RAM drive help in some way. What about 32bit versus 64bit, MP is a 32bit application, so 64bit is not going to help on speed, maybe on the contrary? VdR [/QUOTE]
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