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I'm planning to build a system for faster movie downloads & watching movies

Please bear with my ignorance in this field, I would appreciate your help.

I have 8mbps LAN connection and download torrents. I watch movies and do basic internet surfing.

Though the i5-2500k looks impressive and all benchmarks support it. I read good reviews about AMD Processors also. I dunno how much difference would it make in the real sense.

I'm totally a non gamer so looking for graphics which will be best for watching movies only.

Kindly suggest. Budget is not a constraint but at the same time it shud not be an overkill.
 
Movie downloads are tied to to your internet connection. Just about anything will work.

Any modern, or even semi-modern dual core CPU will work. And if all you want to do is watch movies, any $50 or $60 video card will work.
 
For your specific task, most of the current low end CPU/GPU combos will suffice along with 4gb of ram and a decent motherboard.

Something like this for AMD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103957
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128530

Or this for Intel:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116409
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128527

If you decide the integrated video is not to your liking, you can always ad a low end HTPC video card such as the AMD 5450, but you really should not need it.

4gb DDR3 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231394
 
I read on the forums that though AMDs are very well priced but run on higher temperatures.

And some opinions said that AMDs are more durable than an Intel?
 
I would like my system to last me atleast 5 years and would like to go for Quad Core to make it somewhat future proof. Please suggest.
 
For those tasks there's hardly any difference. I would buy the A8-3850. Escpecially if you are going to use the integrated GPU instead of a discrete graphics card.
 
i3-2100 (Dual core with 4 Threads) and a Z68 motherboard would be a good choice.

The CPU is only Dual Core - although a very good one. The motherboard would allow you to upgrade to an i5 or i7 in the future should you desire more performance.

As stated previously, downloading from the Internet is tied more or less solely to your internet connection/network card. Having a Quad-Core is going to provide no greater performance here, nor within movie playback.

4GB 1333MHz RAM is going to be plenty (1.5v if using a SandyBridge CPU).




 
I was looking for a quad Core processor atleast so that the System is somewhat future proof. I want to stay with the system for next 5 years.
 
If you not planning to get a discreet graphics card and want native USB3/Sata3 support with decent graphics capability take the AMD A8.

If you just want a more powerful processor with minimal media functionality take the i5.

A quad would help for future-proofing but at the i5 is very expensive. I would take the A8 for any media orientated non-gaming build.
 
I was looking for a quad Core processor atleast so that the System is somewhat future proof. I want to stay with the system for next 5 years.
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i5-2500k with a Z68 motherboard is by far the best choice in that case. Both the on-board GPU and CPU clock speeds can be over-clocked providing better performance than anything AMD has to offer.

i5-2500k is fairly distinctly the best value for money CPU currently available. (However bare in mind, its still much more performance than your system is likely to ever use).

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Personally I built an i5-2500k build + GTX 560Ti, with the intention of gaming, 6 months on, I've still barely spent more than about 10 hours playing games on it, and mainly use it for web browsing. In retrospect I wish I had spent a lot less and gone with i3-2100 and much cheaper GPU.
 


amd's apu is perfect for this kind of stuff
no match for apu for these purpose
and cpu doesnot affect download speed
 




+1 A discrete GPU wouldn't be necessary unless gaming, or using video editing applications that are heavily graphic-intensive. For watching media, and flash based video's/games, on-board GPU will be more than enough.
 


If you want future proofing you should probably forget about Llano and wait for Trinity CPUs because socket FM1 is a deadend as far as upgrades go. Trinity is a FM2 socket. They should be out in the first quarter if I remember correctly. But if you're in a hurry and don't mind getting an FM1 socket and need a quadcore then I would reccomend something like A6-3650/A8-3850

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103943]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942]
 


Generally speaking, AMD CPUs use a little more electricity than Intel CPUs. Some of their higher end CPUs use significantly more even though overall processing power is less than Intel's CPUs.

As for "more durable"... AMD switches socket types less often than Intel so in a sense the motherboard lasts longer because it is possible to upgrade to a new processor; if it will be supported. Intel switches socket types about every 2 years. So if you don't upgrade often, then you are forced to buy a new motherboard as well.

AMD's Llano A4/A6/A8 APUs are socket FM1. There is no future upgrade path. Trinity APUs are expected to replace Llano this year with socket FM2.

The Phenom II X2/X4/X6 are basic socket AM3/AM3+. Socket AM3 support has been dropped. AMD's current FX CPUs (Bulldozer) uses socket AM3+. Their next CPU, Piledriver, is also expected to use socket AM3+ and is coming out later this year. However, AMD has announced they are bowing out of the performance consumer CPU market so Piledriver is likely to be their last CPU. They are focusing on their APU design instead.

Intel's current socket 1155 for Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge (mid-2012) will survive until around mid-2013 when their next CPU, Haswell, is released. It will be socket 1150 and it cannot used with a socket 1155 motherboard.
 


op wants for internet and to be future proof (don't want to upgrade for five years) so a graphics card is needed to be future proof
 


No.....

That would still depend on what the OP plans to use the system for in the future.....If the build is still going to be used simply for web browsing and watching media, now and in 5 years time, then the built in graphics would still be fine. There would be no need to buy a GPU unless the system was to be used for gaming, or to be used with heavily graphic intensive applications (such as video rendering).

If suddenly flash media on websites DOES need a GPU for whatever crazy reason....the OP can always buy one at a later date, much much cheaper than today's prices. There's no point spending money now, on something that's likely to never be used. Especially on a GTX 560Ti, as its a fairly expensive card.

 
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