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by chrisscott
January 26th, 2014, 6:26 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Hardware Recommendations
Replies: 5
Views: 2646

Re: Hardware Recommendations

No Smart TV, bought my samsung plasma just before they started getting "smart". :)

Also FYI, I'm thinking of switching the CPU for a AMD A8-6500 Richland 4.1GHz since it has the integrated GPU and its cheaper. ;) But its still quadcore so hoping it would do as well.
by chrisscott
January 26th, 2014, 6:02 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Hardware Recommendations
Replies: 5
Views: 2646

Re: Hardware Recommendations

No, I would have a 2nd HD to store the media. A 2TB or 4TB drive. My SSD would be 120GB. So maybe I should have my temp folders on the SSD, then my complete folder on the media drive? That makes sense, so if I'm playing media, there aren't too many other read/writes going on at the same time.
by chrisscott
January 26th, 2014, 1:51 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Hardware Recommendations
Replies: 5
Views: 2646

Hardware Recommendations

Hi, Sorry for the noob post but I'm getting started with a HTPC and want to know what type of mem/cpu resources sabnzbd uses. I want a setup that runs sabnzbd, couchpotato, sickbeard, maybe headphones, and plex (or XBMC) for viewing my media in my living room. I did a dry run of this setup on my OLD...