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Haswell Based HTPC Build

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I'm going to build a new HTPC next month, when the C2 Stepping motherboards arrive. I guess the initial Haswell Motherboard have issues in terms of deep sleep, which is why I'm waiting for the next iteration.

I can search other threads to figure out everything else, but what I'm mainly concerned about is which CPU to buy. Basically, I'm looking to see if it's possible to avoid getting a discrete graphics card. I know that there is the R series from Haswell. Can this handle HDTV?

In the end, I will move my InfiniTV4 card from my current computer to a this new build. With my mCard, I can receive 4 tuners at once. If the demand is great enough,

TVs that are in the house include:
  • 52" HDTV
  • My computer (27" monitor)
  • 61" SDTV
  • Maybe also streaming to a 26" TouchSmart computer.

My FiOS router is a 802.11g router which I plan on upgrading to the n router after I implement the system. The g won't cut it.

Again, will the Haswell R series chips be powerful enough to handle the graphics requests? I plan on doing nothing else with this machine.
 
The most you need in an HTPC is a dual core, since their aren't any dual core Haswell CPUs, you'll be better off saving the dough and getting an Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge CPU instead.

Do note that I am rocking a Sandy Bridge Pentium G870 CPU in my HTPC and I even game on it with that CPU (No discrete GPU) just fine.

Though I have noticed that I get a "pixelated" picture on media playback very, very often but it appears to be the recording that doing it. Not sure if it's being CPU limited or a bad cable connection. I'm inclined to believe that it's a bad cable connection, since I've been having issues with my Cable lately. I replaced all the lines to my cable modem, but I haven't done anything to the cable tv tuner line yet.
 
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