HTPC Processor

[Skhorpion]

What would one saythe minimum processor requirement would be on a home theater pc? Im thinking an AMD Athlon XP or similar but i dont want to spend money on this and have laggy tv.

[Aηdy]

Your saying you want to use a pc as a tv? will you run xp on it or windows mce?

[Skhorpion]

Your saying you want to use a pc as a tv? will you run xp on it or windows mce?

Yes and neither. Windows sucks balls for anything other than everyday use. I will be using linux running MythTV

[Aηdy]

Oh i see. well i dounbt you would need anything amazing, what sorta budget do you have?

[Skhorpion]

As small as possible :S

[Aηdy]

pentium pro? XD i dont really know to be quite honest. an athlon or sempron or some sort i would guess.

[0=]

Well it depends, if you want to use it for HD then put your money into a motherboard with pci express slots and get a good video card, but a pentium D or better should be good, you want about a gig of ram or more so the processor can be used to it's full potential, preferably ddr2.

[Aηdy]

it doesnt really need to be that pwoerful even for HD, he said he wants to spend as little as possible, so what do you have at the moment? and will you be using HD?

[0=]

A pentium D doesn't cost much, get it free with a motherboard. You do need a decent video card for HD though, the lower end ones don't even have the plug on the back anyway.

[Skhorpion]

Yarr i will never use an Intel proc on purpose in any computer i own. And no, i will not be using HD. For the rest of the specs im thinking 1gb DDR RAM, whatever motherboard that supports AGP, Radeon 9800, 300gb HDD SATA if possible, 400W Thermaltake PSU, some decent sound card.

[Aηdy]

Well if this is in your budget im sure it will be pretty good: http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10275344&pid=207&rstrat=0