Author Topic: Share your HTPC set-up Part2 (Read 305379 times)

Stagea · « **Reply #2250 on:** Nov 05, 2013 at 01:00 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 05, 2013 at 07:58 AM

for HTPC which would you choose?
Lenovo S405 5935-9092/Grey 5935-9093/Red AMD A8-4555M/2GB/500GB/14-inch/Win 8

Acer V5-552-85554G1Taii (Iron) 15.6-inch AMD A8-5557M/4GB/1TB/AMD Radeon 8550G/Windows 8

Toshiba Satellite C40D-A108 (Black) 14-inch AMD Quad Core A4-5000/4GB/500GB/Radeon HD 8330/Windows 8

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 05, 2013 at 08:18 AM

I am not a fan of laptops being used as HTPCs but I will go for the ACER.

Same here, Acer for me. It comes with better hardware (better APU, larger screen, touch screen, full keyboard, larger ram, larger hdd, etc.) than the other two.

The Lenovo is low in RAM, is older and lacks touch. The Toshiba isn't in the same class as it's running a much slower APU.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2251 on:** Nov 05, 2013 at 11:01 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 05, 2013 at 08:18 AM

I am not a fan of laptops being used as HTPCs but I will go for the ACER.

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 05, 2013 at 11:33 AM

@ninjababez

the Acer V5 also gets my vote.

hi guys what if i have a 2 extra 4gb ram sticks so ram size is not an issue.
forgot to mention that the lid will be closed 99.9% of the time so the screen size of acer will not be a factor.

Quote from: Stagea on Nov 05, 2013 at 01:00 PM

Same here, Acer for me. It comes with better hardware (better APU, larger screen, touch screen, full keyboard, larger ram, larger hdd, etc.) than the other two.

The Lenovo is low in RAM, is older and lacks touch. The Toshiba isn't in the same class as it's running a much slower APU.

how much slower yung toshiba vs. acer master?

Stagea · « **Reply #2252 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 01:18 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 05, 2013 at 11:01 PM

how much slower yung toshiba vs. acer master?

Processing and Graphics-wise about half the speed... we're talking Kabini (Toshiba) vs. Richland (Acer). Aside from having much slower processor cores (Netbook class) and having half the parallelism in its graphics engine, the Kabini is also crippled by its single-channel memory interface.

The Mobile Richland is closer to a Mobile i5 in performance, while the Mobile Kabini is closer to a Mobile Celeron/Pentium.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2253 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 02:34 AM »

Quote from: Stagea on Nov 06, 2013 at 01:18 AM

Processing and Graphics-wise about half the speed... we're talking Kabini (Toshiba) vs. Richland (Acer). Aside from having much slower processor cores (Netbook class) and having half the parallelism in its graphics engine, the Kabini is also crippled by its single-channel memory interface.

The Mobile Richland is closer to a Mobile i5 in performance, while the Mobile Kabini is closer to a Mobile Celeron/Pentium.

yuck! hahaha
thanks master will check out other brands narin. medyo alanganin parin ako sa built ng acer notebooks.

DTNS · « **Reply #2254 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 02:52 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 06, 2013 at 02:34 AM

yuck! hahaha
thanks master will check out other brands narin. medyo alanganin parin ako sa built ng acer notebooks.

@jamy

anong budget mo para sa laptop? check mo Asus saka MSI!

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2255 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 03:08 AM »

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 06, 2013 at 02:52 AM

@jamy

anong budget mo para sa laptop? check mo Asus saka MSI!

asus talaga preferred brand ko, since 2006-07 7 or 8 asus laptops na yata nabili ko 3 of those nasakin pa 2 for distribution na sa mga kamaganak, 1 htpc laptop (which will be replaced soon).
natuwa lang ako dun sa toshiba kasi mura

nerveblocker · « **Reply #2256 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 05:53 AM »

Bro pila ka nalang dito.

If you can find a laptop with discrete graphics (not shared) that would be the best. I'm still a believer of having a dedicated VC for HTPC use.

GIJoe · « **Reply #2257 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 06:02 AM »

Nice thread i can some if i plan to setup my htpc but im thinking of Dune nmt.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2258 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 06:17 AM »

kainis bakit walang ASUS counterpart itong mga ito

Acer Aspire E1-572G-34014G75Mnkk 15.6-inch 4th Gen Core i3-4010U/2GB Radeon HD 8750M/Win 8 Gaming Laptop

Acer V5-552-85554G1Taii (Iron) 15.6-inch AMD A8-5557M/4GB/1TB/AMD Radeon 8550G/Windows 8

looking at the benchmarks and CPU world comparison mukhang mas OK yung amd

GIJoe · « **Reply #2259 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 06:53 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 06, 2013 at 06:17 AM

kainis bakit walang ASUS counterpart itong mga ito

Acer Aspire E1-572G-34014G75Mnkk 15.6-inch 4th Gen Core i3-4010U/2GB Radeon HD 8750M/Win 8 Gaming Laptop

Acer V5-552-85554G1Taii (Iron) 15.6-inch AMD A8-5557M/4GB/1TB/AMD Radeon 8550G/Windows 8

looking at the benchmarks and CPU world comparison mukhang mas OK yung amd

Because asus gaming laptop is asus rog.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #2260 on:** Nov 06, 2013 at 08:58 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 06, 2013 at 06:17 AM

looking at the benchmarks and CPU world comparison mukhang mas OK yung amd

Agree ako dyan bro! Mas mura pa!

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2261 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 12:19 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 06, 2013 at 08:58 AM

Agree ako dyan bro! Mas mura pa!

natutukso tuloy ako bumuo ng full HTPC desktop

pero wag nalang mas magastos in the long run

AC · « **Reply #2262 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 01:26 AM »

sir ninja... gusto ko pag laptop na htpc asus T100 yata.. atom na quadcore.. transformer 10" di ko lang sure kung may hdmi.. hehe
meron na sa usa 260 to 300$ yata... pero 2gb ram lang yata hehe

DTNS · « **Reply #2263 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 01:44 AM »

Quote from: AC on Nov 07, 2013 at 01:26 AM

sir ninja... gusto ko pag laptop na htpc asus T100 yata.. atom na quadcore.. transformer 10" di ko lang sure kung may hdmi.. hehe
meron na sa usa 260 to 300$ yata... pero 2gb ram lang yata hehe

it has micro HDMI. available na yan sa Villman.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2264 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 02:56 AM »

Quote from: AC on Nov 07, 2013 at 01:26 AM

sir ninja... gusto ko pag laptop na htpc asus T100 yata.. atom na quadcore.. transformer 10" di ko lang sure kung may hdmi.. hehe
meron na sa usa 260 to 300$ yata... pero 2gb ram lang yata hehe

bro pass ako sa atom based processor

nerveblocker · « **Reply #2265 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 06:00 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 07, 2013 at 12:19 AM

natutukso tuloy ako bumuo ng full HTPC desktop
pero wag nalang mas magastos in the long run

Hindi mahal yan...wag kalang maarte sa parts!

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2266 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 06:10 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 07, 2013 at 06:00 AM

Hindi mahal yan...wag kalang maarte sa parts!

hahaha casing palang ng gusto ko 6k (tipid mode na ito)

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2267 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 06:19 AM »

Quote from: GIJoe on Nov 06, 2013 at 06:53 AM

Because asus gaming laptop is asus rog.

i think villman.com just incorrectly categorized the laptop i mentioned above as a gaming laptop.

afaik asus ROG laptops/ultrabook is using i7 @ minimum, which is already way beyond my budget

DTNS · « **Reply #2268 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 11:44 AM »

@jamy

check mo ang new releases ng Asus sa market natin:

http://www.yugatech.com/personal-computing/asus-revamps-consumer-notebook-portfolio/

nerveblocker · « **Reply #2269 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 01:06 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez® on Nov 07, 2013 at 06:10 AM

hahaha casing palang ng gusto ko 6k (tipid mode na ito)

Ah luho na yan! Pag nakapatay na ilaw, eh makikita mo paba ang P6k worth na casing?

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 07, 2013 at 11:44 AM

@jamy

check mo ang new releases ng Asus sa market natin:
http://www.yugatech.com/personal-computing/asus-revamps-consumer-notebook-portfolio/

New models?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2270 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 11:08 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 06, 2013 at 05:53 AM

Bro pila ka nalang dito. If you can find a laptop with discrete graphics (not shared) that would be the best. I'm still a believer of having a dedicated VC for HTPC use.

pass ako dyan bro, mas maganda pa vga nung current i3 htpc laptop ko

ninjababez® · « **Reply #2271 on:** Nov 07, 2013 at 11:12 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Nov 07, 2013 at 01:06 PM

Ah luho na yan! Pag nakapatay na ilaw, eh makikita mo paba ang P6k worth na casing?

New models?

kaya nga laptop nalang bro para mas "tipid"

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 07, 2013 at 11:44 AM

@jamy

check mo ang new releases ng Asus sa market natin:
http://www.yugatech.com/personal-computing/asus-revamps-consumer-notebook-portfolio/

bro hassle naman sila kungdi intel eh nvidia naman, ATi parin talaga for me pagdating sa htpc

btw galing ako ng acer kanina, kukuha daw nila ako nung Acer Aspire E1-572G-34014G75Mnkk 15.6-inch 4th Gen Core i3-4010U/2GB Radeon HD 8750M/Win 8 Gaming Laptop para ma test ko, sabi ko yung body lang nung acer ang gusto ko tignan, madalas kasi masyado plastic ang dating

DTNS · « **Reply #2272 on:** Nov 08, 2013 at 01:14 AM »

Quote

bro hassle naman sila kungdi intel eh nvidia naman, ATi parin talaga for me pagdating sa htpc

true. kaya 7750 ang napili kong video card para sa htpc ko.

AC · « **Reply #2273 on:** Nov 17, 2013 at 11:49 PM »

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 07, 2013 at 01:44 AM

it has micro HDMI. available na yan sa Villman.

wow meron pala saatin.. silipin ko nga:D thanks

Dowals · « **Reply #2274 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:11 AM »

Quote from: DTNS on Nov 08, 2013 at 01:14 AM

true. kaya 7750 ang napili kong video card para sa htpc ko.

Malaki po ba ang performance difference ng 7750 and 7770?

Stagea · « **Reply #2275 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:07 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Nov 18, 2013 at 12:11 AM

Malaki po ba ang performance difference ng 7750 and 7770?

Not so much. Yung 7790 or R7 260X ang big step up from these two if you want a better performing solution. The 260x also offers TrueAudio if that matters to you.

Dowals · « **Reply #2276 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM »

Thanks. I was thinking, A 3yo AMD Athlon x2 can no longer accommodate the newer pc games di ba? Probably Useless din if I add a 7770 vc. I used a 4770 before, sold it since it can no longer handle COD Black Ops at that time.

1080p content was flawless with the 4770, now may sabit using the on board video.

DTNS · « **Reply #2277 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:24 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Nov 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Thanks. I was thinking, A 3yo AMD Athlon x2 can no longer accommodate the newer pc games di ba? Probably Useless din if I add a 7770 vc. I used a 4770 before, sold it since it can no longer handle COD Black Ops at that time.

1080p content was flawless with the 4770, now may sabit using the on board video.

are you using an AM3 or AM3+ motherboard? if you are, then you can upgrade to a multi-core AMD FX cpu.

btw, are you referring to the Intel i7-4770 or the Radeon HD 4770?

Dowals · « **Reply #2278 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM »

I think I'm using an AM3+ Asus board, I have to check. What procie would you recommend?

I'm referring to a Radeon HD4770 vc

DTNS · « **Reply #2279 on:** Nov 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM

I think I'm using an AM3+ Asus board, I have to check. What procie would you recommend?

I'm referring to a Radeon HD4770 vc

the quad-core FX-4300 3.8Ghz for around 5k
the 6-core FX-6300 3.5Ghz for 5+k
the 8-core FX-8320/8350 for 7+ to 10k