Hey everyone, I am looking to build a htpc in the near future to serve as a htpc and a set top box replacement. I am going to purchase a ceton infiniTV tuner to use with this build. Ideally I would like to get this to consume as little power as possible. Right now I am looking at the Intel Core i3-2120T Sandy Bridge because it has a TDP of 35w and is $135. But the Ivy Bridge Intel Core i3-3220 was recently released with a TDP of 55w and is $130. But at the TDP of the core i3-3220 id rather just get an AMD apu at 65w and pay roughly half the cost. I'm going to use a ssd to keep the power and noise levels down as well. What do you guys think? Does anybody have any power readings from a kill-a-watt with similar hardware?
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