HTPC, video okayfor 1080p mkv and blu-ray

[spm_uk]

just spec'd this up, will the G41 be able to handle 1080p mkv and blu-ray?

looking to keep this below 350£, maybe a passive card? want to keep it quiet as poss.

sabnzbd will be running in the background 24/7 with xbmc live as the front-end most likely, this is why I have chosen the 5300 and not an atom . Also no ram as I have 4gb sitting around to use

Cheers

 

[z0mbi3]

Seems expensive for what you're going to use it for. Also no optical drive?

A single core Atom nettop with an ion gpu runs xbmc, sabnzbd, and plays 1080p video with no problems and costs ~£130.

You'd have to work something out with the HDD space though. The way I've done it is to have all my sab stuff done on a nas and then just turn on my Acer Revo when I want to watch stuff.