I’m thinking about building a modest Bazzite HTPC with a bunch of spare parts lying around the house. Here’s what I’ve got:

  • Intel 4770k
  • Asus Z87-A LGA 1150 Motherboard
  • NVidia GTX 1060 3gb GPU
  • 16GB DDR3 RAM
  • 640W Corais PSU
  • SilverStone Grandia GD09 HTPC case

I’m assuming that the Nvidia GPU with a lackluster 3gb VRAM is probably the weakest link of the whole system, but I don’t know what a reasonable upgrade might be for an older system (that probably doesn’t support stuff like resizable bar, which I think is needed to get optimal performance of newer GPUs?).

What do you think? What would be the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade to a system like this, assuming the main use case would be gaming and media consumption? What would you do if you happened to have this set of parts lying around in the spare parts bin?

  • e0qdk@reddthat.com
    3·
    6 days ago

    By HTPC, do you mean just playing videos? If so, you’re probably fine as-is for most content.

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Depending on exact codecs and such, you might get some occasional wierdness with some 4K movies, but I’d think under that, you’d be basically fine as an HTPC.

        For gaming/emulation… I dunno, don’t try and go beyond roughly PS2/360 era, … probably that’s doable, staying at or under that?