I am looking to build a home theater PC for watching Live TV, Netflix, Hulu and as a DVR (maybe 3D Blu-ray in the future). The other option is purchase a SiliconDust HDHomeRun and use my current PC as the DVR and stream over my network.
What are the capabilities of the integrated graphics of EVGA Z77 Stinger? Or is it based on which processor I get? Could it handle 3D blu-ray?
I have a Hauppauge WinTV-2250 on my main PC, but that will take the only PCIe slot on the mini itx board. I don't want to use that slot if the integrated graphics is unable to handle 3D blu-ray if I were to get a blu-ray drive in the future. I am not looking to hardcore game on it. I don't want to make it too difficult for my wife.
Or should I get both? The wireless bridge is by the TV, so I would have to put the HDHomeRun next to the TV on that wireless bridge to get a better stream than thru the wireless n signal.
I am on a budget of no more than $500, but I found a EVGA Z77 Stinger open box for $80 before rebate and if I wait too long, it will be gone.
I have WD Green 2TB HDD, WD Black 500GB HDD and optical drive.
Heatware i7 860, EVGA P55 SLI, EVGA GTX 660 Ti SC+ 3GB, Win 10 Pro 64-Bit, Crucial 240GB SSD, WD 500gig Caviar Black, Corsair Vengence 2x4gigs