Upgrade Question regarding to Athlon 5150 Kabini System

JPM14

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Hi, I'm currently using Athlon 5150 in HTPC setting. Problem though is that it lags on youtube 1080p30/60 and Netflix fHD streaming (which defeats the purpose of using HTPC to say the least). What confuses me is that streaming 1080p video from my home server using video player works fine. Also, I'm currently using powerline but it's being very unreliable. It constantly drops which cause some trouble when using streaming services. So I'm considering about switching to wifi with good wifi card from Intel + wifi repeater.

Here is the system spec:
CPU: AMD Athlon 5150
GPU: AMD R3 Graphics
RAM: Generic DDR3-PC12800 8GB
MOBO: MSI AM1I
PSU: Seasonic 380W OEM PSU

right now I'm thinking about purchasing Intel Centrino Ultimate-n 6300 and gpu. Would this solve my problem? If purchasing GPU would solve playback problem, which GPU should I purchase? Thank you and have a good day.
 

goku1234567890

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Yes in my opinion you should buy a graphic card that build in graphic card is what slowing you down 1080 is too much for it. Do you game alot or just do work on your PC? If you only work on it i suppose you could go for HD 5450 (cheap, reliable and you do a little bit gaming on it, although not much). As for wifi how far is your computer from the modem or router?
 

JPM14

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I actually found a solution for the graphics. Simple extension that forces youtube and netflix to stream H264 instead of other more inefficient codec made 1080p60 buttery smooth.

For wifi, the router is at 2nd floor. The model is TP-Link TL-WR1043ND N300 Router. The HTPC is at the first floor. The distance in between, without considering the walls, is about 20 meters.