HTPC Build

[1Xtra]

Im not sure how much power do you need these days to get 1080p?
How much does it affect your processor and how much grafic card?
How much do different codecs affect the ease of playing?

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[mpilchfamily]

Its the video card that should be handling all of the HD encoding work. But HD encoding is alway intencive and may slow things down a bit.