I'm looking at buying the following completely passively cooled system. It will be a dedicated XBMC box, running windows. It will occasionally be used for some web browsing (mainly YouTube):
(note: I still have to verify if the motherboard fits with the heat-pipes of the case)
I have a few questions:
- APU: AMD A4-5300 3,4GHz Dual Core 65W
- Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75IA-E53
- Case: Streacom FC8 Evo Silver
- Remote: Streacom Infrared Receiver + Remote
- Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX
- SSD: OCZ Vertex Plus Sata II 2,5" SSD 30GB
- PSU: Mini-box picoPSU 120 + 80W Adapter Power Kit
(note: I still have to verify if the motherboard fits with the heat-pipes of the case)
I have a few questions:
- Will the picoPSU 120 + 80W adapter work for this system? Will a picoPSU 90 + 80W adapter suffice?
- Will it make a difference if I get slower (cheaper) memory?
- Is the AMD A4-5300 (dual core) the best 65W CPU to get for a dedicated XBMC box or does XBMC benefit from a quad core CPU?