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<blockquote data-quote="joshcrd" data-source="post: 854053" data-attributes="member: 121514">Hi All,&nbsp;I Purchased the parts for a mini itx based HTPC thinking that it would handle all 1080p content smoothly (ie watching a BRRIP&nbsp; and be virtually the same was watching an actual bluray through a bluray player&nbsp;Currently my 27&quot; imac does this perfectly (2009) model, which is connected to my old 720p tvthe two files I test are avatar and inception, both perform better on my 3 year old imac ona&nbsp; 720p old tv (through plex) than my new mediaportal setup which has much better graphics/processing powere, EVEN ON A FULL HD SAMSUNG SERIES 6&nbsp;Here is my hardware below:<a href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=19181" target="_blank">ASUS E45M1-I-DELUXE M-ITX Motherboard</a><a href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=6793" target="_blank">Hauppauge HVR2200 MCE PCIe Dual Hybrid</a><a href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=18121" target="_blank">Silverstone SG05 Black Cube with 450W</a><a href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=13930" target="_blank">G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3</a><a href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=16324" target="_blank">Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB ST2000DL003</a>60gb Solid State drive (for running windows and mediaportal)Ive searched forums and it seems as though I cant get my HTPC to perform any better, my next step is to purchase a new motherboard/cpu/GPU and try and salvage the case and the hard disksmy other alternative was a mac mini which is more expensive but if I keep spending money on the HTPC it will be approaching mac mini prices&nbsp;Shhould I keep trying to get more out of the hardware I have? ed new codecs, RAM, overclocking?&nbsp;could it be the actual files?&nbsp;Or should I get rid of the asus motherboard (with built in GPU) and try to get a seperate better motherboard and GPU, and somehow fit it into the case?&nbsp;Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joshcrd, post: 854053, member: 121514"] Hi All, I Purchased the parts for a mini itx based HTPC thinking that it would handle all 1080p content smoothly (ie watching a BRRIP and be virtually the same was watching an actual bluray through a bluray player Currently my 27" imac does this perfectly (2009) model, which is connected to my old 720p tv the two files I test are avatar and inception, both perform better on my 3 year old imac ona 720p old tv (through plex) than my new mediaportal setup which has much better graphics/processing powere, EVEN ON A FULL HD SAMSUNG SERIES 6 Here is my hardware below: [URL='http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19181']ASUS E45M1-I-DELUXE M-ITX Motherboard[/URL] [URL='http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6793']Hauppauge HVR2200 MCE PCIe Dual Hybrid[/URL] [URL='http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18121']Silverstone SG05 Black Cube with 450W[/URL] [URL='http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13930']G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3[/URL] [URL='http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16324']Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB ST2000DL003[/URL] 60gb Solid State drive (for running windows and mediaportal) Ive searched forums and it seems as though I cant get my HTPC to perform any better, my next step is to purchase a new motherboard/cpu/GPU and try and salvage the case and the hard disks my other alternative was a mac mini which is more expensive but if I keep spending money on the HTPC it will be approaching mac mini prices Shhould I keep trying to get more out of the hardware I have? ed new codecs, RAM, overclocking? could it be the actual files? Or should I get rid of the asus motherboard (with built in GPU) and try to get a seperate better motherboard and GPU, and somehow fit it into the case? Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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