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<blockquote data-quote="loadme" data-source="post: 879040" data-attributes="member: 101038"><p>I am in the same spot</p><p>I want to buy a solid system for playing all sorts of HD content on low cost/ low power consumption and with no noise at all</p><p>therefor i figured i need to get an APU solution</p><p>but whenever i read tests, 50% are complaining, that its simply not enough for fullHD and the other half explains that its easily achievable by tweaking and tuning details</p><p> </p><p>I really dont see a reason to by an i5 + graphics card for a media client when it will need more power and costs</p><p> </p><p>£350 are still ~450 euros. if you compare this with the costs for a full system (board, ram, cpu, case, ... ) with an APU you will only need around 200-250 euros.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I guess i will simply try out an APU system.</p><p>Maybe one more question for you people here:</p><p> </p><p>should i go for the E450? as there is not so much of a difference compared wiith the E350 when i look at the benchmarks</p><p> </p><p>i found the <span style="font-size: 12px">Zotac FUSION-ITX WiFi A-Series (FUSION350-A-E) board (~120-140 euros) which ships with the E350 and has no active fan,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">but since this board is already a year old, i was wondering if there is anything faster? same price range and no active fan? </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">cheers</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loadme, post: 879040, member: 101038"] I am in the same spot I want to buy a solid system for playing all sorts of HD content on low cost/ low power consumption and with no noise at all therefor i figured i need to get an APU solution but whenever i read tests, 50% are complaining, that its simply not enough for fullHD and the other half explains that its easily achievable by tweaking and tuning details I really dont see a reason to by an i5 + graphics card for a media client when it will need more power and costs £350 are still ~450 euros. if you compare this with the costs for a full system (board, ram, cpu, case, ... ) with an APU you will only need around 200-250 euros. I guess i will simply try out an APU system. Maybe one more question for you people here: should i go for the E450? as there is not so much of a difference compared wiith the E350 when i look at the benchmarks i found the [SIZE=3]Zotac FUSION-ITX WiFi A-Series (FUSION350-A-E) board (~120-140 euros) which ships with the E350 and has no active fan,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]but since this board is already a year old, i was wondering if there is anything faster? same price range and no active fan? [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]cheers[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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