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Old December 5, 2012, 08:07 AM
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Building my wife's media gamer this will be hooked to our main TV to play games on and watch movies and stream, is the A10 worth the extra $20 or just stick with the A8?

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Old December 5, 2012, 08:42 AM
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For $20, put the better CPU in. You might need it for gaming.
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Old December 5, 2012, 08:50 AM
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Media Center? Should I smack you now or later?

XBMC my friend of which v12 is coming out soon with proper DTS HD support but there is a XBMC v11 now with a HD patch. Nobody uses Media Center anymore.
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Old December 5, 2012, 08:59 AM
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Media Center? Should I smack you now or later?

XBMC my friend of which v12 is coming out soon with proper DTS HD support but there is a XBMC v11 now with a HD patch. Nobody uses Media Center anymore.
its not just media, going to use this for my being lazy on the couch gamer to :P and for running all my ROM's with gotta love that Mario Cart 64 :P
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its not just media, going to use this for my being lazy on the couch gamer to :P and for running all my ROM's with gotta love that Mario Cart 64 :P
XBMC can take care of that too :P

N64 roms on a PC is not that great I've tried and its not really worth the hassle :P
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hmmm but I already have the board and ram and everything but the CPU... they were freebees dont want them to go to waste
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hmmm but I already have the board and ram and everything but the CPU... they were freebees dont want them to go to waste
HTPCs are worth their weight in gold. Mine gets use a lot so don't kid yourself. Pickup a cheap $60 bluray drive and you'll have a inexpensive system to watch stuff on.
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HTPCs are worth their weight in gold. Mine gets use a lot so don't kid yourself. Pickup a cheap $60 bluray drive and you'll have a inexpensive system to watch stuff on.
Going to Use the Bluray drive thats been sitting in my server in BC for months doing nothing so even got that angle covered :P
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The HTPC in my house definitely sees the most use. I really should get around to upgrading the old Athlon I to an FM2 system.
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With your uses I would go to the a10.
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