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Originally Posted by Cecil

I have a Sempron 140 unlocked at 3.6 in my HTPC. No trouble at all with 1080P blu-ray as long as you run a card with hardware acceleration (I have a silent pipe 4550HD). I think even Atom can do HTPCs fine.

One of those i3 530 + H55 deals from frys or microcenter are perfect for HTPCs.


Im trying to decide if I want to grab one of the X58 LEs for $80, or run 2 hours to MC for an ASUS P55 with 8x8 and SATA3 for $90 with an i5 650 for $140.
Problem with B stock is no extras and 90 day warranty.

cecil,

what software do you run for blu ray playback?? I just built a P55 HTPC with a maximus III gene and X3440 SSD raid 0+1 for OS and 3 WD 1TB blacks for storage. and prolly goin with a 460 0nce i figure out which model I want....

but trying to figure out the software side is problematic