Building a HTPC with Intel Celeron Dual Core G1840 CPU

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Hi all

I want to build a HTPC that can play 1080p bluray rips (remux, no quality loss) from my usb hard drives.

Would this CPU be capable? (Using its HD graphics processor)

I'm guessing that it won't be good enough to play 4K bluray in the future? Is there a CPU that doesn't cost much more that would definitely be capable?

Thanks in advance for any help and advice provided
 
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I know the Pentium G3220 is slightly better and has a little more graphics processing power than the Celeron for only a few dollars more, there's even the Pentium G3250 which has a higher clock rate that that for a little more as well.

However, after reading some reviews it looks like those lines of processors may not be the best if you have a 4K monitor as they don't natively support 4K, 1080p and poooooosibly (it's a stretch!) 2160p (2K). I would honestly bite the bullet, and pay more for an i3. The i3 has much, much better on board graphics and does support 4K. It's also a dual-core with HyperThreading so you have 4 logical cores as well that should help process the video. And it's good to have too if you have any applications...
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I know the Pentium G3220 is slightly better and has a little more graphics processing power than the Celeron for only a few dollars more, there's even the Pentium G3250 which has a higher clock rate that that for a little more as well.

However, after reading some reviews it looks like those lines of processors may not be the best if you have a 4K monitor as they don't natively support 4K, 1080p and poooooosibly (it's a stretch!) 2160p (2K). I would honestly bite the bullet, and pay more for an i3. The i3 has much, much better on board graphics and does support 4K. It's also a dual-core with HyperThreading so you have 4 logical cores as well that should help process the video. And it's good to have too if you have any applications running in the background, for example BitTorrent, Steam if you will be playing some games, etc.

Go i3, and you will be super, super happy.

If you are really wanting to have the 4K but don't want to dish that out, may not be a bad idea to look at AMD as they have some cheaper CPU's that have Radeon graphics built in, but I cannot say for sure without doing more research.
 
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Thanks for your advice Farnell121.

My thinking was to get the cheaper CPU for bluray & then eventually upgrade the CPU when 4K is readily available (not convinced the current CPUs will be up to the task of playing 4k blurays flawlessly - am I wrong?
 
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So if am reading you right, your inroad into 4K is a GRADUAL thing, you don't plan to buy a 4K TV next week correct? Honestly how many 4K movies are out there anyway.

Yeah man, just stick with the 1150 socket, then you can update later to your heart's contend.

If PURELY 1080p video and nothing else u may get away with the G1840.
 
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Precisely, lower end 4th generation Intel's should handle 1080p no problem, integrated graphics have come a long way. (Nightmare's of Intel GMA...)

Core i3 from everything I've read will handle 4K video no issue, its when you try to game in 4K on them that you run into issues, unless it really doesn't require much. Just make sure you have at least 4GB or more of good RAM as the processor will be pulling from it for rendering, I recommend 8GB as it's getting cheaper but I would make that upgrade when you plan on going at least i3. *nudge nudge*
 
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