Media Center setup

[Stephen Partington]

If you can getting a cheap graphics card can give you an extended life on
the Pentium dual core, just make sure it supports decoding functions.
something like the nvidia 720 or AMD R5 or R7 low end gpu's.

Read up on drivers based on the multimedia application or solution you will
be using.

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Stephen M <smelheim85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I know this as been asked a few times, and I should keep all the convos
> but there are so many.  I am trying to find a good solution to start a
> media center.  So I need to know best hardware and software.  Of course I
> am using a Nix system and looking for anything inexpensive.
>
> Although right now I have access to a Compact SR5000, max 2Gb RAM. It has
> a pentium dual core system.  It has Vista so I need to get some ideas.  The
> hard drive is around 500Gb but my father might give me a 1.5Gb.
>
> So this will take a long time for me to get done because of my situation.
>
> Thanks all
>
> --
> Stephen Melheim
> 602-400-7707
> SMelheim85 at gmail.com
>
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Stephen
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