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    Idle SSD... want to try something new in HTPC-land

    Have literally been looking at the same things as the OP in the past couple weeks. Was pleasantly surprised to find the Emby have an official Kodi plugin available on their page. Emby server is still used as the file & metadata manager. Kodi is the sexy front end. Have been using it instead...
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    Xbox One HDMI in audio delay

    Hi all, just an update with the issue I was having. I removed the home theatre system (Pansonic SC-BTT775) and the delay is no longer there. My only guess is there's a transmission delay as it has to go through too many in connection? TV I have is just a no-name brand name, this will give a...
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    Xbox One HDMI in audio delay

    Sorry, but I didn't even think that information would be useful. HTPCHDMI (V+A) -> XboxOneHDMI-IN -> XboxOneHDMI-out -> Panasonic SC-BTT775 -> TV Now I've written all this down, I've just thought it might be worthwhile eliminating the Panasonic device and directly connecting it into the...
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    Xbox One HDMI in audio delay

    Indeed the audio/video do not match. Audio is a consistent 1-2 seconds behind the video. This was when I had the HTPC connecting to the HDMI-in port of the Xbox One. My basic understanding doesn't give a reason for this to happen as it should be just feeding audio/video through the Xbox One?
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    Xbox One HDMI in audio delay

    Hi all Was given a surprise Xbox One as a Christmas present. Ideally I'm looking for it to be the sole device I interact with accessing all of my media. At the moment I have an HTPC that is directly connected to my TV over HDMI. I've tried connecting the HTPC using the HDMI in of the...
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    Upgrade to AMD 6970

    Running a i7-2700k Had the rig for about 2 years now and only recently with a few of the games I've played have I noticed the 6970 starting to lag. What would be the AMD equivalent in price/performance compared to the 970? Having not had an Nvidia card for such a long time, is driver support...
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    Upgrade to AMD 6970

    Hi Been thinking of upgrading my 6970 for quite some time now. The release and pricing of the Nvidia 970 looks very tempting :D Would be my first Nvidia card since getting a GeForce FX 5800 so years ago :P Doing gaming at 1080p, would you think it would be worth the money to invest in...
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    Top Exhaust vs Side intake

    Wow, that side fan definitely makes more of an impact to the GPU. Should've mentioned, been getting into mining scene and am essentially looking to keep the videocard a little cooler. Cheers!
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    Top Exhaust vs Side intake

    Hi All Just purchased myself a 200mm fan to install onto my case. It's a ThermalTake Chaser MK-1 http://www.thermaltake.com.au/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001719 Case came stock with front intake, top/rear exhaust. Which of a side intake or second top exhaust would give me the best...
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    HTPC Build

    Moving some funds around I believe I can spend a little more on this machine early next year. Would it be of any benefit upgrading the CPU to an i5 Haswell or would the difference be minimal in a HTPC?
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    HTPC Build

    That's what my plan was to see how the integrated graphics go. If anything is to choppy I'd plan on getting one of the small form factor AMD cards. Cheer!
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    HTPC Build

    Prices are Australian, plus we have to pay the Australian tax as well :( There are a few places around with cheaper parts but I've had some good interactions with the place I'm getting the gear and they're yet to let me down. I'll have a dig though and checkout those other mainboards you...
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    HTPC Build

    Hi all Setting myself a project in the new year to do my first HTPC build. Doing loads of research looking into all the different builds out there (mad props to Assassin's Hardware guide!!!) and think I have a decent build on my hands. Here's links to the parts I'm looking at...
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    Ivy i3 vs Trinity

    Thanks for the help guys. As gaming isn't a top priority for the media centre I'll rock ahead with an i3 build and post pone the video card for a short while. Cheers and beers for all :)
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    Ivy i3 vs Trinity

    Looked into discrete graphics with a Trinity core and found it can do a hybrid crossfire with the HD 6xxx series. Would the hybrid crossfire be better performance than a discrete 7xxx series, or equivalent Nvidia card?
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    Ivy i3 vs Trinity

    Cheers guys. Got a new HDTV that does 1080p. Was hoping the integrated GPU could handle 1920 x 1080... would Trinity be able to handle that or should I just fork out for discrete graphics?
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    Ivy i3 vs Trinity

    Hi All Looking to build my first Media Centre this year. Primarily it would be used for my library of movie and tv shows but I would also like to runup steam in the big picture mode and get some light co-op gaming with the Mrs. Nothing hardcore, along the lines of the Lego series of gaming...
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    Recommend me a decent air cooler

    Been thinking of the water vs air cooling in my head for a couple days now, and I think I'm going to go for tried and true air system. I'm sure water cooling would offer cooler temps and higher overclocks, but I don't have any great plans to hit the max overclock on my CPU and all I'm really...
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    PSU fan spinning at 100%

    I paid $169 for mine. Strangely enough the PSU is starting to act quite again like when I first got it... although it does still have the occasional 100% spin up of the fan when the computer is sitting idle. Might add that I'm in the land down under, can't get the rebates you guys get :( Got...
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    Recommend me a decent air cooler

    Went for the kit of 4... originally was getting some g.skill RAM which had a lower heatsink on top, but they had no stock and gave me the corsair at no extra cost. Took a look at the Corsair Hydro series, never really thought about a water cooling system. I've always just thought it best to...
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    Recommend me a decent air cooler

    Hi All I have an i7 2700k installed into an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard and was wondering what cooler anyone could recommend to me? Looking to just keep temps abit cooler to what the stock cooler does and maybe do some overclocking in the near future... Part of my build includes some...
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    PSU fan spinning at 100%

    hmm, you've definitely brought a lot of points I didn't even think of... by the time i would probably be looking to do crossfire would probably be better to buy a second generation card. cheers for the tips man! guess i gotta pull out this PSU and re-cable in the new one :(
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    PSU fan spinning at 100%

    Gah, last time I take a suggestion from a salesman at an IT store. Wanted to get something a bit newer, but they didn't have anything else in stock so he 'highly' recommended me that. Probably trying to get rid of old stock lol. Some time in the future, I might look into crossfire for the...
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    PSU fan spinning at 100%

    Hi All Just build myself a new rig: CPU - i7 2700k VIDEO - PowerColour hd6970 RAM - 16gb dominator corsair MOBO - Asus P8Z68-V Pro PSU - Antec Quattro 850w Case - Thermaltake Chaser mk-i SSD - OCZ Agility 3 128gb Very very happy with the performace, upgraded from a 6 year old machine...
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    Should I upgrade my current parts or get a complete new system?

    Hi all First time posting on Anandtech! Everyone here seems to know what they're talking about from the hardware forums I went through so here goes. This is my current setup I built some years ago: Mobo: Asus M2N68-AM Plus (AM2+/AM3 compatible) CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ RAM: 1gb corsair ddr2...