Minimum for media center

[Landrovan]

Hi,

I want to buy a new PC that his only monitor will be my 32" TV. I would also want to read video file. Plus, those video are NOT in MPEG2 or WMV, so the hardware acceleration of the X3100 will probably not help me a lot. And the video are HD video (720p).
I was thinking buying a Ratel Value. Will the graphic processor be enough? What is the processor I would need?

P.S. I know I need to put at least 2G of RAM

Other questions: will I be able to read those video file on another computer on the same network without lag? (I'm talking of speed, sharing file is OK).

Thanks

[schmindy]

I would suggest a system from zareason instead:-D

[eddietours]

l take the support guy from system76 any day:guitar:

[thomasaaron]

Landrovan,

The X3100 is a good graphics chipset. It will definitely accomplish the tasks you have described.

You are correct: You should upgrade to at least 2GB of RAM, and I'd upgrade the CPU to the E2200 or the E4600.

The file transfer speed is also plenty fast enough that you will not have choppy playback.

[schmindy]

I prefer zareason support, more straight up about stuff. But system 76 has better laptops just wait until my computer company is ready:)

[Ripfox]

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