| Pemalite said: Stay away from Kabini as it uses AMD's Jaguar architecture, it is a slow heap of molasses, don't expect to do any gaming or anything demanding for that matter, I would rather a Core 2 Duo over it. Plus Puma (Beema and Mullins) is just around the corner, which is Jaguar's replacement. You need to keep your expectations of AMD's CPU's on the low side, Jaguar/Kabini is an evolutionary replacement for Brazos which are the E-350 and E-450 CPU's that were found in Netbooks, so don't expect performance radically any different from that. [...] If I was in your position though I would rather opt for a Core i3 4130T (Low power), ITX 1150 Board, Bitfenix Prodigy ITX case, And use a Noctua NH-L12 to keep the CPU quiet or a Corsair H80i equipped with a couple of Noctua fans. Then grab a passively cooled Radeon 7750. |
I already have the case from the OP which fits perfectly in my media hub, so I just wanted to upgrade it slightly to add slight gaming capabilities as a bonus. And yeah, AMD's current CPU sucks, but I think graphicly they are okey and you get your money's worth from the hardware as they are relatively cheap compared to Intel. If I'm currently waiting for a Kabini motherboard, I wonder how much I will have to wait for a Puma one... fall 2014?
Still an Ivy Bridge Core i3 could be more than enough. Going to look at all those items at the end and see if the fit in my small case and at that Core i3 4130T. Thanks for the advice!!!
| NiKKoM said: Youredutch.. Really should ask around tweakers.net http://tweakers.net/reviews/3295/5/desktop-best-buy-guide-november-2013-special-htpc.html |
I'm becoming Dutch, not one yet!
Bedankt voor de link, didn't know tweakers had htpc guides.
