so I am in the mood for building a htpc and I was thinking of going with intel i3 as this set up will not be used for gaming. I have my main rig for that!
Anyways here's what I want to accomplish:
Something that doesn't get too hot or use a lot of power. I really don't like 125W unless ofcourse I underclock/volt I suppose. I am fine with 100w though so 5800k should be alright.
I want something that can watch HD movies without a struggle- Netflix or any other service that would show HD movies ( I do have a blue ray player and few movies for it)
I have a discrete video card already sapphire 6870 so if I wanted to play games in the future on it I could with this card.
I want my system to be quiet ( I can tolerate fans in this build so long as its not overly loud)
this pc will be on 24/7
I am thinking of putting all this in the Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced case
I have a 42 inch tv to which I will connect to
I will be adding either 1866 8 gb ram or 1600 gb depending on whether I go 5800k or i3 3220
For budget- the lowest possible would be awesome. I want to keep it all under 400 if possible. If its i3 then I certainly don't need a expensive mobo since it would do no good so that's money saved. If its 5800k then atleast a a85 mobo for it.
My choice so far is either intel i3 3220 or a10 5800k but that's in the 100W. However I really like the ability to overclock this cpu! I read few places that i3 might not be good seeing as its a dual core and we are moving towards multithreaded software-not sure if this would work for say watching movies and occasional photo shop.
Will an i3/5800k be enough for watching movies and general browsing and playing flash games, as well as occasional photo shop?
Please no fanboism.....I don't care for either, amd or intel. I want something that fits my needs not a uber god like system.
Anyways here's what I want to accomplish:
Something that doesn't get too hot or use a lot of power. I really don't like 125W unless ofcourse I underclock/volt I suppose. I am fine with 100w though so 5800k should be alright.
I want something that can watch HD movies without a struggle- Netflix or any other service that would show HD movies ( I do have a blue ray player and few movies for it)
I have a discrete video card already sapphire 6870 so if I wanted to play games in the future on it I could with this card.
I want my system to be quiet ( I can tolerate fans in this build so long as its not overly loud)
this pc will be on 24/7
I am thinking of putting all this in the Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced case
I have a 42 inch tv to which I will connect to
I will be adding either 1866 8 gb ram or 1600 gb depending on whether I go 5800k or i3 3220
For budget- the lowest possible would be awesome. I want to keep it all under 400 if possible. If its i3 then I certainly don't need a expensive mobo since it would do no good so that's money saved. If its 5800k then atleast a a85 mobo for it.
My choice so far is either intel i3 3220 or a10 5800k but that's in the 100W. However I really like the ability to overclock this cpu! I read few places that i3 might not be good seeing as its a dual core and we are moving towards multithreaded software-not sure if this would work for say watching movies and occasional photo shop.
Will an i3/5800k be enough for watching movies and general browsing and playing flash games, as well as occasional photo shop?
Please no fanboism.....I don't care for either, amd or intel. I want something that fits my needs not a uber god like system.