Would atom system effect download/stream or just internet?

[ExoMale]

thinking of getting a cheap atom system be it mini pc like or nettop strictly for downloading/streaming when away from home, just been awhile since I last had one and didnt download/stream on it just tried to run movies I owned on it via kodi which was rubbish.

From experience a dual core pentium 2ghz with 2gb ram and either onboard or okay dedicated laptop/system was slow for this, but I'm never sure how much effect a system spec has over strictly internet if any at all?.

 

[ExoMale]

Thanks for replies, think the atom I had was single core, not sure if it had HT, but was okay, I didn’t have a desktop or anything else as an alternative at the time, but with how prices are I think a dual core or the quads are a must, after something that runs windows.


Will it matter if it had whatever it’s intel graphics is or should I look for the ION nvidia type? Did miss out on a mini pc with both a dual atom and ion, didn’t think it be good for games so didn’t buy it, obviously not the need for gaming on one now... keep seeing loads of those Eee Pc nettops for cheap but they all have that 4gb ssd rubbish, the proper ones seem hard to find.

 

[ExoMale]

Thanks for that, I’m away I guess I am glad lol, think they only dx9/10 anyways, I’m probably better off trying to find an APU again of something decent or see about the possibility of a cheap haswell on the laptop side of things...

I have found a AM1 board for £20 on gumtree which I could run off my FSP SFX 300w 80 plus bronze psu I have spare, but I would need the Athlon quad 51?? To make it worth while Which I haven’t had luck finding any cheap AM1 processors in general yet, could get a slim case and probably spend no more than £50 unless they don’t have onboard graphics? Even on line things are abl bit over priced