HTPC setup

[AriciU]

I'm building it for smooth 1080p playback only.

The setup i have in mind is:

AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400+ 45W 2300Mhz
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G mobo
2Gb DDR2
Antec Fusion 430 Case with 430W PSU

Will this be able to handle 1080p without problems? Or should i go with a dedicated video card?

[tetete]

why not C2D?

soft decoding is better if the cpu is fast enough.

[XS Janus]

If you are going to play 720p and 1080p .mkv files you will need more CPU pover than that.

[AriciU]

I'm thinking about going with it because i've read that the HD3200 is the best integrated gfx card at the moment, supports H.264 hardware decoding and you don't really need a powerfull CPU because of it. If i were to go C2D route i would need a dedicated gfx card which would case more here and max i would get is the GF 8500/8600... dunno how good those are for 1080p content.

[technodanvan]

I'm thinking about going with it because i've read that the HD3200 is the best integrated gfx card at the moment, supports H.264 hardware decoding and you don't really need a powerfull CPU because of it. If i were to go C2D route i would need a dedicated gfx card which would case more here and max i would get is the GF 8500/8600... dunno how good those are for 1080p content.

Both Ati and Nvidia claim their lower-end cards are enough to fully decode 1080P video, but still that's an extra $100 or so. I really wouldn't hedge any bets on integrated being able to pull off the same.

[tetete]

C2D with a integrated

powerful enough to soft decode

[zanzabar]

C2D with a integrated

powerful enough to soft decode

there is no good IGP for the intel platform, and u can get a 2600 for $50, its well worth it