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Originally Posted by Shadowmeph  do you have to use dou's or quads for Home Theater PC's. I was just thinking of using my old dell 3ghz for a Home Theater PC but I am not sure if it would be enough also which os would you use? |
You can use a single core but dont plan on using Vista very well and watching a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD /VC-1/H.264 encoded content unless you have a video card that does the decoding for you. I would reccomend using MCE 2005 or get a dual core proc for Vista.
I have used both Vista and MCE 2005 and like Vista much more for Media Center. Not a whole lot of differences other than the smoothness and arrangement of the GUI. Also get at least 2GB of RAM for the smoothest experience.