On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > The quad-core, 2+ GHz CPU @ 25W power dissipation should be plenty of > power, even for playing media (one review said 80% usage of all four > cores for 1080p, however, which it'll handle, but realistically not 4k, > when I eventually even have a display that'll do 4k), and it should de- > clock and power-down for routing-only. And that dissipation, quite fans > shouldn't be a big issue. >
If you want to play HD video on an mini-ITX MB you're better off using one designed for this. I have an aging NVidia ION board that plays 1080p without a hitch as my mythtv frontend. However, you are limited to codecs that are supported by hardware decoding - I doubt I'd get full HD on software decoding. This is a router, right? When you want a cheap tiny board that consumes 10s of watts with an external power supply and doesn't need a fan, you are going to have to decide in advance what your priorities are. It isn't like a $250 CPU+MB+RAM system with a 500W power supply that is a general purpose computing device. -- Rich
