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[GSXRMovistar]

Thinking of repurposing my N54L into a HTPC to go behind the Tv,What is the gfx card to go for?
I think it says max of 25W in specs,tried a few 1080P files on the monitor and it was dog slow to play anything

TBH unless you replace the PSU/Fan you will find an N54L far too noisy to be running in a lounge. Better off hosting all your media on the N54L out the way somewhere using something like Emby or Plex, and then just have a firestick or similar device on the TV to play the media via a client app.

 

[Vimes]

Thinking of repurposing my N54L into a HTPC to go behind the Tv,What is the gfx card to go for?
I think it says max of 25W in specs,tried a few 1080P files on the monitor and it was dog slow to play anything

My N54L, well mainly, serves as a media server from the loft, nice and quiet. That serves to the home network and from there two TV's have Rasp Pi 4's running LibreElec working fine.

 

[ANDARIAL]

Thanks for all comments
My hearing isnt 100% so sound of the fans is not an issue.With that in mind can anyone suggest a gfx card that will be compatible?

 

[Vimes]

Thanks for all comments
My hearing isnt 100% so sound of the fans is not an issue.With that in mind can anyone suggest a gfx card that will be compatible?

Hopefully you will get some help with your gfx card, I have not used one with a low profile that would fit. I'm not try ing to labour the point, perhaps I am in a way, but a Rasp Pi fitted would do all the stuff a typical HTPC would do with a low power and footprint etc when connected to the home network. I know you want the N54L to do that directly, so good luck with that

 

[OldKitMan]

Thinking of repurposing my N54L into a HTPC to go behind the Tv,What is the gfx card to go for?
I think it says max of 25W in specs,tried a few 1080P files on the monitor and it was dog slow to play anything

I had a AMD HD6450 in mine years ago. IIRC it worked fine for media playback.

 

[ANDARIAL]

I had a AMD HD6450 in mine years ago. IIRC it worked fine for media playback.

Thanks but it looks like the max res is only `digital resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 `
i was hoping to output to a 4K tv

 

[ANDARIAL]

Thanks for the advice,Pi seems the `Best` option but will keep an eye on the MM for one as a new one would be quite a bit more than an old gfx card to fit into the N54L

 

[edGfaCTor]

Thinking of repurposing my N54L into a HTPC to go behind the Tv,What is the gfx card to go for?
I think it says max of 25W in specs,tried a few 1080P files on the monitor and it was dog slow to play anything

Not worth it.

Even a firestick is better option it's smaller, quiet, wireless, more powerful, less power usage.

 

[ANDARIAL]

yeah looks like not worth it
Am dropping the idea now,will be keeping an eye on the MM for a cheap Pi

 

[Steveocee]

Resurrected my "spare" Gen8 last night. I've been running my "main" PC as an UNRAID box and whilst at first it was a great idea, having that big beast running 24x7 is pretty heavy on the grid. I've moved everything to my spare box and the only snag I have to sort is sticking in a P400 for some basic Plex transcode.
Happy days!