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<blockquote data-quote="Brownard" data-source="post: 1247912" data-attributes="member: 48291"><p>[USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] I actually use a very similar (possibly even the same) system as my bedroom HTPC, also purchased from ebay for a very reasonable price <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. As others have mentioned, the only thing I usually add is a dedicated graphics card to take some load off of the fairly slow CPU. For a dedicated HTPC, where multitasking is less of an issue/requirement, the graphics card tends to be the bottleneck and you'll probably encounter some choppiness when playing HD content using the onboard graphics. I also go cheap and cheerful for the graphics card, even a reasonably old spec card will handle HD fine, 4K might be a different story though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brownard, post: 1247912, member: 48291"] [USER=163222]@Digsy[/USER] I actually use a very similar (possibly even the same) system as my bedroom HTPC, also purchased from ebay for a very reasonable price ;). As others have mentioned, the only thing I usually add is a dedicated graphics card to take some load off of the fairly slow CPU. For a dedicated HTPC, where multitasking is less of an issue/requirement, the graphics card tends to be the bottleneck and you'll probably encounter some choppiness when playing HD content using the onboard graphics. I also go cheap and cheerful for the graphics card, even a reasonably old spec card will handle HD fine, 4K might be a different story though. [/QUOTE]
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