[mythtv-users] Nvidia ION => NUC - good idea?

[Paul Gardiner]

On 01/10/2020 17:46, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:25:08 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>> I've been using an old zbox as frontend for years now. It has worked
>> really well, especially where it matters: video playback is perfect,
>> interlaced or not, whatever the frame rate, with the TV always set
>> correctly. Where it lacks a bit is in boot speed and a bit of lag in the
>> menus but I don't find that hugely important. What is more of a problem
>> is that I'm more frequently these days wishing to play HEVC encoded
>> content and it just can't handle that at all: presumably because of the
>> GT 610 graphics chip. So I'm considering moving to NUC. Is that a good
>> idea? If so, any recommendations for which to choose?
> 
> If you really want a small form factor but with Nvidia video, you
> might consider building a mini-ITX motherboard based box.  There are
> some with AMD processors and a PCIe slot (PCIe 3.0 or 4.0).  Put an
> Nvidia GT1030 card in the PCIe slot and it should make a nice
> frontend.  But I have no idea how it would compare price wise with a
> NUC.

But that's a fair bit bigger than a NUC or zbox, right?! Or am I looking 
at the wrong thing? Certainly a possibility though, especially given I 
already have an old but nice mini-ITX case I'm not currently using. My 
guess is it'll work out cheaper than a NUC.