AMD HTPC Build Ok For 32" TV

[Allen Clavecillas 02]

BUILD: Cpu: AMD A8-9600 - 63.02$

Mobo: Gigabyte A320M-HD2 - 67.64$

Ram: Team Elite DDR4 2400 mhz. 4GB x 2 ( the 2 by 4 kit didnt appear on pcpartpicker) - 80.28$

Storage: 1 TB. Western Digital Scorpio Blue 2.5" - 50.58$

PSU: FSP Hyper K 80+ White - 34.52$ ( Doesnt Show on pcpartpicker so i picked a similar one)

Casing: Rakk Kagi Cube Gaming Case - 32.11$ ( Again, it is a philippine/ similar copy of a TECWARE QUAD CASE)

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit


now i was wondering if the r7 apu/ gpu in the amd a8-9600 can handle a 32" Tv Monitor? and if not so, what proper graphics card can i add to this?

 

[GhislainG]

A 32" TV is no different than any 720p monitor; therefore the APU can handle it.

 

[maxalge]

now i was wondering if the r7 apu/ gpu in the amd a8-9600 can handle a 32" Tv Monitor? and if not so, what proper graphics card can i add to this?

tv size is not relevant

resolution is what matters

what is the resolution of the tv?



if all you want to do is watch movies it should be ok, though for smooth 4k you need something like a gt 1030

 

[GhislainG]

I don't think 4K 32" TVs exist; they all seem to be 720p.

 

[Paperdoc]

GhislainG is right - TV makers think nobody who cares about Hi Res would bother with anything as small as 32". Years ago my son got us a 32" Samsung TV that has lots of input options and 1080p resolution at 60Hz - it's great.

OP, just watching stuff up to 720p or 1080p is not a really demanding job for modern systems, so don't worry about needing a powerful machine. As others have said, the video and audio systems in that setup will be fine. Having used a computer for this sort of thing for a while, including saving a lot of downloaded stuff, I suggest you think about a bigger HDD. Our system started out with two 2TB HDD's and they got mostly full with a few thousand hours of videos. When one started to fail, we replaced them with two 4TB units (pus a small SSD for the OS), so that will last several more years.

 

[Allen Clavecillas 02]

now i was wondering if the r7 apu/ gpu in the amd a8-9600 can handle a 32" Tv Monitor? and if not so, what proper graphics card can i add to this?

tv size is not relevant

resolution is what matters

what is the resolution of the tv?



if all you want to do is watch movies it should be ok, though for smooth 4k you need something like a gt 1030

the tv resolution is 1366 x 768

 

[GhislainG]

The selected CPU will have no problems handling a TV at that resolution.