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The problem is that by the time you come up with this strange new service that requires gobs of CPU power, you might have to buy a new machine anyway, and you'l
by mhd 16y ago
The problem is that by the time you come up with this strange new service that requires gobs of CPU power, you might have to buy a new machine anyway, and you'll get something way cheaper and/or faster anyway. Premature optimization, unless you already have something specific in mind (e.g. if a new standard is on the horizon).
(And getting something cheaper that you can upgrade in that instance is less likely in the price range of cheap multimedia solutions)
- ck2 16y agoExcept we are talking about a $30 savings for buying Atom over i3 in a media center. If it was over $100, I could see your logic. But not for $30.
- mhd 16y agoIf it comes down to building your own solution, then yes, splurge a bit. But I think the greater counter-argument against the solution proposed by the author is a pre-built media player device (boxee, WD etc.). Not big on CPU, but sufficient for the tasks outlined in the original post. Building computers in the low price segments is pretty dominated by "constant" factors, i.e. case, PSU, mainboard. You can easily double your RAM or increase CPU by a large factor with a relative low percentage increase in total price.
- ZoFreX 16y agoI didn't make it clear but I was advocating a pre-built device - I went with the ASRock NetTop 330 because it was exactly the specification I wanted, and cheaper than building it myself.
- vetinari 16y agoNot really. I got my complete Atom box for €120. Core i3 started at €350.