which would give the better overall experience and best money spent?
its my birthday in a few weeks and going to try blag computer stuff, before i can afford to buy them myself ha
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but im torn which way i should go in general.
raspberry Pi (Model A will do if cheap enough and can actually play 1080p)
pro's & cons for me.
Pro:
cheap
good for learning
potentially play 720/1080 right out the box
tiny
want to make a mini custom arcade machine for some arcade gaming project
cons:
might not run 1080p or well
linux is limited for games
question xbmc over kodi version
novelty
then the am1 build
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £106.58
(includes shipping: £11.70)
not this case and would probably go 2nd hand for ram, same with hard drives, but rest is all i need.
pro's:
windows or linux 32bit or 64bit
small and cheap
run windows software
run games to some extent
upgradable
quad core cheapness
can run 720/1080
con's
might not run 1080 or well
might not game well enough
cost more than a Pi
not the best of APU units
upgradable, but limited
im probably missing some pointers for the above, but off the top of the head thats my pro's and con's.
the case im thinking of and just because i like the look of it is the AVP 500w Tesseract slim case, but a cheap build it should be acceptable.
at some point i can have both because i really want to make a arcade machine, but right now it be nice to have a media centre for the living room
many thanks for any response
edit: not the athlon i meant to add the sempron so relisted.
its my birthday in a few weeks and going to try blag computer stuff, before i can afford to buy them myself ha
.but im torn which way i should go in general.
raspberry Pi (Model A will do if cheap enough and can actually play 1080p)
pro's & cons for me.
Pro:
cheap
good for learning
potentially play 720/1080 right out the box
tiny
want to make a mini custom arcade machine for some arcade gaming project
cons:
might not run 1080p or well
linux is limited for games
question xbmc over kodi version
novelty
then the am1 build
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x MSI AM1I AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) Mini ITX Motherboard= £24.95
- 1 x Kolink Satellite Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £26.99
- 1 x Team Group Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1600C1101)= £17.99
- 1 x AMD Sempron 3850 1.30GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1)= £24.95
Total: £106.58
(includes shipping: £11.70)
not this case and would probably go 2nd hand for ram, same with hard drives, but rest is all i need.
pro's:
windows or linux 32bit or 64bit
small and cheap
run windows software
run games to some extent
upgradable
quad core cheapness
can run 720/1080
con's
might not run 1080 or well
might not game well enough
cost more than a Pi
not the best of APU units
upgradable, but limited
im probably missing some pointers for the above, but off the top of the head thats my pro's and con's.
the case im thinking of and just because i like the look of it is the AVP 500w Tesseract slim case, but a cheap build it should be acceptable.
at some point i can have both because i really want to make a arcade machine, but right now it be nice to have a media centre for the living room
many thanks for any response
edit: not the athlon i meant to add the sempron so relisted.
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