AVS › AVS Forum › Video Components › Home Theater Computers › Reusing Old Hardware
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Reusing Old Hardware

post #1 of 9
3/4/12 at 6:54pm
Thread Starter 
I was just going through some old hardware and was wondering if the following would be able to work as a basic htpc for a bedroom if I added a new video card like the HIS Radeon HD 4350 512 MB

Motherboard: ECS P4ITA Socket 423
Processor: P4 1.7ghz
Memory: 1gb (4x256mb) PC800 RDRAM
Reply
Reply

AVS Top Picks

post #2 of 9
3/4/12 at 7:01pm
Possibly. It's really light on RAM. To be honest, you may want to look at an Atom box - you're a good portion of the way there with that video card purchase, and the Atom will be faster.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 9
3/4/12 at 7:02pm
$75?!?!?!?!

Do not add that card.

Honestly I would look for something on Craigslist or at a garage sale with PCI for about $50 and then add a $15 5450 card. You would come out ahead.

But the thought of either makes me cringe personally.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 9
3/4/12 at 7:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by erickotz View Post

Possibly. It's really light on RAM. To be honest, you may want to look at an Atom box - you're a good portion of the way there with that video card purchase, and the Atom will be faster.

Why should he get an atom? You can build a SNB pentium for about $30 or so more dollars and it will blow the atom away.

I don't see the point of atom or zacate anymore.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 9
3/4/12 at 7:23pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by assassin View Post

$75?!?!?!?!

Do not add that card.

Honestly I would look for something on Craigslist or at a garage sale with PCI for about $50 and then add a $15 5450 card. You would come out ahead.

But the thought of either makes me cringe personally.

I did notice that the AGP cards where 4x to 5x the cost of a PCI one but I was just thinking about getting away cheaper than building a new one. But after the cost of the ram, video card, and case it's looking like it'll be close to $185 to upgrade the old hardware. Might as well add another $100 and get something worth it.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 9
3/4/12 at 9:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by assassin View Post

Why should he get an atom? You can build a SNB pentium for about $30 or so more dollars and it will blow the atom away.

I don't see the point of atom or zacate anymore.

Agreed - my point was more than even the cheapest stuff out there is faster, but yeah, Sandy Bridge is so cheap, there's no reason not to.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 9
3/4/12 at 10:23pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xeriser View Post

I was just going through some old hardware and was wondering if the following would be able to work as a basic htpc for a bedroom if I added a new video card like the HIS Radeon HD 4350 512 MB

Motherboard: ECS P4ITA Socket 423
Processor: P4 1.7ghz
Memory: 1gb (4x256mb) PC800 RDRAM

It would work as Linux firewall or a network backup without doing much more than software.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 9
3/5/12 at 8:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by erickotz View Post

Possibly. It's really light on RAM. To be honest, you may want to look at an Atom box - you're a good portion of the way there with that video card purchase, and the Atom will be faster.

Any word on how the new 32nm atoms are stacking up against zacate for HTPC use? I think I heard that the new atom still cant handle HD netflix streaming.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 9
3/5/12 at 10:51am
Quote:
Originally Posted by tomandbeth View Post

It would work as Linux firewall ...

Except you wouldn't want an energy hog P4 on 24x7.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Home Theater Computers

AVS Top Picks

AVS › AVS Forum › Video Components › Home Theater Computers › Reusing Old Hardware