The processor is no comparison to my old e-350th May indeed be the the GPU from AMD is better, but use for HTPC Intel HD GPUs are more effective.
At low load the processor i3 runs its 2.8GHz down to 1.6GHz which even less power consumption means.
At 720p playback, the processor comes to just 5% CPU load on average and remains at 1.6 GHz, thanks to Intel Quick Sync Video and Clear Video HD technology.
With 720p in 10 profiles bit (Hi10p) increases the load just by 2%.
Tested with Media Player Classic.
With the Media Player 12 for Windows 7, the load increases by an average of 3% in the same files, but remains at 1.6GHz.
The box fan was ideal for my small HTPC case. Warm the CPU is not also measured under full load at idle 45-50 degrees 35-40. (With better fan can be the temperature again to 10 degrees lower on average, but the CPU will no longer fit with the fan HTPC case) Also no comparison to my old E-350 of quickly warmed up to 60 degrees at normal HTPC applications.
The whole HTPC cost me about 350 euros, 140 euros paid more than a system with E-350 AMD, but the performance boost is no comparison.
The system itself uses an average of twice as many watts as my old E-350 system, but now I have less trouble with performance. (Especially with Hi10p)
