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[TomClancy]

That's more money. I'm on a $300 budget. (Unless it costs <$70.)

[Warsaw]

And that's completely understandable.
Microcenter is like a NewEgg in store form, heh.

There's actually one about 40 minutes from where I live, I've just never been there since I have a Golden Tech Computers nearby, which is kind of like the Salvation Army of computer stores.

Also, 5GHz is overkill Darkness. For an HTPC, even a P4 CPU would be fine. GPUs are less flexible though, because 1080p playback is a fairly recent development.

[TomClancy]

I thought Media Player Classic Home Cinema added a GPU acceleration for newer GPU's? I'm not sure if VLC player has that either.

[Darkness]

That's more money. I'm on a $300 budget. (Unless it costs <$70.)

its suppose to retail at $89 alot of bang for the buck!

[Warsaw]

I thought Media Player Classic Home Cinema added a GPU acceleration for newer GPU's? I'm not sure if VLC player has that either.

Well that's what I'm saying. GPUs are less flexible because you need the newer ones to get good playback. Older ones don't have it (and by older I mean anything pre-GeForce 7 really as far as nVidia is concerned...ATi has been in the game for a long time).

[TomClancy]

its suppose to retail at $89 alot of bang for the buck!

But I don't need that much power. It's a media center. I'm watching movies, not gaming.

@Warsaw, Yeah, for nVidia I knew it was pre-7 series, but those are still old cards. so it's pretty flexible I would think.

Thanks for all the advice everyone!

[Darkness]

Well then I recoomend the e6300 for $84 or the since you get stuff that is disabled on the e5200. And if you don't need stuff such as VT then go with the e5200 for $65

[TomClancy]

I have the e5300 in my list for $70, not sure if the e5200 is available at Microcenter, haven't been in a while. And like I said earlier, I need my products from there, not online retailers. (Microcenter's site doesn't help either, they don't have a fraction of the products listed that they have in the store.)

[Darkness]

They do at my Microcenter. You just check online and choose your store then show the amount in stock. Anyways since you're using microcenter how about an AMD build? Their IGP solutions are great and combined with a cheaper CPU they make great budget builds.

EDIT:NVM microcenter doesnt seem to have any am2+ processors left..

[TomClancy]

Oh I see it now, haha. Thanks, and sorry about that. I feel like an idiot now. I can only find 3 AMD Processors though. A triple-core and two single-cores. Would a 2.7GHz single-core be enough?