E2180 good enuf for media centre?

[Modjo]

I'll be upgrading my cpu soon for my main pc (kinda hoping for a bargain from our MM) and will be building my first media centre. Will my current cpu be up to the job or will the small cache let it down?

 

[Cob]

Should be fine.

 

[Thanh55]

I had Pentium D820 under my media pc, it still fine.

 

[Kelt]

I'll be upgrading my cpu soon for my main pc (kinda hoping for a bargain from our MM) and will be building my first media centre. Will my current cpu be up to the job or will the small cache let it down?

More than enough.

 

[decto]

I have a media centre running on an AMD X2 3800 and it's fine.....

Unless you get a serious bargain in the MM look at the E5200, the cooler running will be a boost in the media center and it's faster with more cache for a few ££ more.

Error on OCUK.... it's actually 2MB cache 2.5Ghz 800FSB

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[Clive37]

More than enough.

 

[ssmacc]

I've got one in a Media Centre and its great, although its clocked at 3GHz, even at stock you'll be fine with HDWMV and HD mkv's. I assume you'll have a graphics card (or 780G moatherboard etc.) to decode HD-DVD / Blueray?

 

[Daveangle]

Still got my old Barton XP2500 in my media centre does a grand job (though it doesn't play any high def stuff)

 

[Modjo]

I've got one in a Media Centre and its great, although its clocked at 3GHz, even at stock you'll be fine with HDWMV and HD mkv's. I assume you'll have a graphics card (or 780G moatherboard etc.) to decode HD-DVD / Blueray?

I'll prob build the htpc around small form or desktop so it doesn't take up too much room. I suppose £50 will buy me a decent enuf mb (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...(Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard) and have a looksie at the 46xx series or secondhand 38xx

 

[underclocker]

my 2180 does the job fine and its nice and cool to = less fan noise

 

[coupe69]

I'll prob build the htpc around small form or desktop so it doesn't take up too much room. I suppose £50 will buy me a decent enuf mb (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...(Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard) and have a looksie at the 46xx series or secondhand 38xx

You don't want to be buying that to put in a sff case

 

[Modjo]

Yeah I know that particular mb won't fit in a sff case but it would be ok for desktop i think. Haven't seen ant decent mb's for sff. Can you recommend any?

 

[PwnDirect]

For a Mc go amd

780g mobowith the new 6500+ will be the best bang for your buck

 

[skirkham]

he already has the intel

 

[lolage]

E2180 is a good chip.

I have it inside my gaming PC.

 

[Modjo]

Yeah, I'm already Intel and staying that way for some time . Basically I've got a 2180, 2 gb Geil DDR2-667 and a couple of HDD's already so all I'll need is a mobo, desktop or sff case (depending on mb), graphics, blu-ray player and a media controller thingy.

 

[xb8browney]

E2180 is a good chip.

I have it inside my gaming PC.

Same here for £20 at 3Ghz it's a great chip

 

[marscay]

I'll be upgrading my cpu soon for my main pc (kinda hoping for a bargain from our MM) and will be building my first media centre. Will my current cpu be up to the job or will the small cache let it down?

great chips for the money i use one for my htpc, 3ghz on stock volts and to be honest it can do everything......the smaller cache doesn't hurt it that much for gaming either it's got just enough.

 

[Modjo]

great chips for the money i use one for my htpc, 3ghz on stock volts and to be honest it can do everything......the smaller cache doesn't hurt it that much for gaming either it's got just enough.

3ghz on stock volts? To get 3.16 i'm having to pump 1.5v to the poor little chip!! It's stable tho...