MrGuvernment
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So being in IT i come across old gear all the time. I have an old WDLive for the bedroom but it is old, one of the first and sluggish even with B-rad mods and the nextflix on it takes forever to load!!
I got my hands on an old Dell Optiplex 755:
- Intel Core2Duo E8400
- 4G DDR2
- 250G HD
- IGP (only VGA out)
Right now I have my main computer I share files over the network direct (living room I have another SFF with an i5 and Kodi Linux) or using Universal Media Server.
I stream mostly 720 TV shows and 1080 movies to it from the main computer.
I wanted to put this Dell 755 in the bedroom to replace my WDLive box (key a wireless k/b combo all in one). I was going to do Kodi linux on it as well, but i do want NetFlix and it is a hack job and a half to get it on kodi so i may just use Windows and netflix over browser. (any other suggestions?)
This system is SFF, so i wanted to ask, what would be an ideal vid card to install into this system that would not be over kill for the CPU, and maybe take some offload to the GPU for video?
An E8400 can play 1080 fine i recall but my TV is HDMI and the IGP has only a single VGA port out .
Thoughts?
I got my hands on an old Dell Optiplex 755:
- Intel Core2Duo E8400
- 4G DDR2
- 250G HD
- IGP (only VGA out)
Right now I have my main computer I share files over the network direct (living room I have another SFF with an i5 and Kodi Linux) or using Universal Media Server.
I stream mostly 720 TV shows and 1080 movies to it from the main computer.
I wanted to put this Dell 755 in the bedroom to replace my WDLive box (key a wireless k/b combo all in one). I was going to do Kodi linux on it as well, but i do want NetFlix and it is a hack job and a half to get it on kodi so i may just use Windows and netflix over browser. (any other suggestions?)
This system is SFF, so i wanted to ask, what would be an ideal vid card to install into this system that would not be over kill for the CPU, and maybe take some offload to the GPU for video?
An E8400 can play 1080 fine i recall but my TV is HDMI and the IGP has only a single VGA port out .
Thoughts?