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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 957183" data-attributes="member: 76888">Yes that will be plenty fast enough to run mediaportal, and that GPU will be fine with hardware acceleration. If it was my HTPC I'd run it with 8GB of cheaper RAM. The CPU cooler might be excessive, you might be better to save money and use the stock cooler as well as speedfan or use the bios to control cpu fan speed to keep it quiet. I found speedfan better than bios because it gives you more control to keep the fan slower. You can vary the cpu fan speed in speedfan until you get it so it's just audible, then set it at that fixed speed and only allow it to go faster if the CPU gets really hot.&nbsp;I know with the older AMD vs Intel CPU the stock coolers on the intel were A LOT quieter. I am not sure what the situation is with the newer AMD CPUs. I have an i3-2100 and I use speedfan to control the fan speed, it is very quiet (less noise than case fans)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 957183, member: 76888"] Yes that will be plenty fast enough to run mediaportal, and that GPU will be fine with hardware acceleration. If it was my HTPC I'd run it with 8GB of cheaper RAM. The CPU cooler might be excessive, you might be better to save money and use the stock cooler as well as speedfan or use the bios to control cpu fan speed to keep it quiet. I found speedfan better than bios because it gives you more control to keep the fan slower. You can vary the cpu fan speed in speedfan until you get it so it's just audible, then set it at that fixed speed and only allow it to go faster if the CPU gets really hot. I know with the older AMD vs Intel CPU the stock coolers on the intel were [B]A LOT[/B] quieter. I am not sure what the situation is with the newer AMD CPUs. I have an i3-2100 and I use speedfan to control the fan speed, it is very quiet (less noise than case fans) [/QUOTE]

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