Greetings everyone and thanks for reading my post any advise will be greatly appreciated.
Two weeks ago I built a HTPC with the only intentions to play blue-ray movies stream Netflix and Hulu. The problem is that the E-350 is very choppy and unacceptable watching HD Netflix. The processor is running at 80 to 100%. It plays blue-rays perfect and has little problems with hulu. I had about $150.00 to spend on a motherboard/processor and looking at the offerings from Asus (E35M1-M PRO) seemed very attractive considering the power requirements and the new APU specs. I have 2 weeks to return the board back to newegg or should I decide to keep it. I have read where Silverlight does not utilize hardware GPU so its only relying on the processor itself. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get better performance out of the chip or should I return the APU/motherboard and go with something else. Please understand I have 150 to maybe 175 to spend on a different combo if that’s what I should do. Here is the setup Im using…
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
LG Black 10X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Disc Combo Model UH10LS20 LightScribe
ASUS E35M1-M PRO AMD Zacate E350 AMD Hudson M1 Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard
HEC Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7K09BBA30FNRX Micro ATX Media Center 300W Power Supply / HTPC Case
Thanks
Two weeks ago I built a HTPC with the only intentions to play blue-ray movies stream Netflix and Hulu. The problem is that the E-350 is very choppy and unacceptable watching HD Netflix. The processor is running at 80 to 100%. It plays blue-rays perfect and has little problems with hulu. I had about $150.00 to spend on a motherboard/processor and looking at the offerings from Asus (E35M1-M PRO) seemed very attractive considering the power requirements and the new APU specs. I have 2 weeks to return the board back to newegg or should I decide to keep it. I have read where Silverlight does not utilize hardware GPU so its only relying on the processor itself. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get better performance out of the chip or should I return the APU/motherboard and go with something else. Please understand I have 150 to maybe 175 to spend on a different combo if that’s what I should do. Here is the setup Im using…
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
LG Black 10X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Disc Combo Model UH10LS20 LightScribe
ASUS E35M1-M PRO AMD Zacate E350 AMD Hudson M1 Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard
HEC Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7K09BBA30FNRX Micro ATX Media Center 300W Power Supply / HTPC Case
Thanks