Good luck with it.
Thanks. I'll finalize my plan.
i use my AM1 system for in home streaming. it works flawlessly on 720p/60. 1080p/60 is a diffrenet story because it varies. ive not tested it really but it works, just there is more overhead, just make sure you have a good nic/ router. 1080p i cannot test because the tv i am on is only 720p. my advise is get it and if it doesent work then just add a better gpu. just make sure the motherboard you ghet has a decent nic, the one i have is the msi am1i, and its decent, but if you can do better i would.
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I've been running an HTPC with the 5350 for almost a year now. Started off I had just the APU, one stick of 4GB 1600mhz ram, a single 120GB SSD and one 320GB 5400rpm 2.5" HDD. I had that running on the ASRock AM1H-ITX board which accepts power input from a universal laptop power brick (like the ones you've been looking at) and I had mine running off a Cooler Master NA90 90w power brick. I also had a single slim 120mm fan running to keep things cool. This was fine for quite some time.
That was, until I added a 2nd 4GB stick of ram. It would randomly shut down and after a while, I discovered that 90w PSU just wasn't quite enough for all I had running on it. So be weary of what you load up in the system. I would suggest something bigger, perhaps 150w+.
Ended up adding a Silverstone SFX 450w 80+ bronze PSU into the system and added a PNY GT 730 GPU as well. It streams steam games pretty good, though it depends on the game in some cases. 1080p @ 50fps wasn't much of a problem in most games on the APU alone. This was running Windows 10 and now Ubuntu 14.04 with the GT 730.
If you plan on running Linux, be aware the AMD graphics drivers are not very good right now and may effect streaming performance.
Here's a link to my completed AM1 build: The Brick
The 5350 runs pretty cool as it is so you might be ok cooling it passively with a larger heatsink as you intend, but I would keep a very close eye on the temps if you don't have any other fans or air movement at all.
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I just took a look at the In-Home Streaming, the max bandwidth you can have is 30 MBit/s which a gigabit network would have no issues with. Wifi shouldn't be an issue either, latency might, but probably not enough to kill you.
That PicoPC PSU stuff always kills me. Just have the thing in a cardboard box with a legit PSU. :P
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Okay, here's an interesting question:
What if I bought 2 90w PSUs and spliced the cables together, to half the load on each?
Or would you consider this to be too dangerous?
I suppose in theory it could work, but I personally would not try nor recommend that. You could go with one of these instead: HDPLEX PSU
They are pretty small and it would be a more reliable (and legit) solution.
I just took a look at the In-Home Streaming, the max bandwidth you can have is 30 MBit/s which a gigabit network would have no issues with. Wifi shouldn't be an issue either, latency might, but probably not enough to kill you.
My in home streaming at 720p@60fps is about 100-280ish mbit/s.
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I am not sure why you want an AM3+ cooler for an AM1 chip. You do realize they make AM1 coolers right? Use LP aka Low Profile RAM sticks and use a AfterMarket AM1 cooler. No jerry-rigging needed. Make that RAM as fast as you can get it (and is supported).
I am aware these prices are in USD. But, these are the cheapest and best RAM and CPU heatsink I could locate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426048&cm_re=AM1-_-35-426-048-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148656
Because then I could go fanless. I'm aware of the Gelid heatsink.
Sorry for abandoning the thread for a while - I'm still here.
Also, I already have the RAM I'd use for the build.