[Exnor]

(14th May, 2015 06:48 PM)IriDium Wrote:  @Exnor not too sure of the difference in price, but I always go for the best, if I can afford it.

However, using an I4Pro for just Xbian, I never need anywhere near the 2G Ram, nor the 4 CPU's, so I reckon the cheapest will do as a basic box. I've never seen a need for the extra 1G Ram (Normal usage is around 400M).

The only thing I wish it had was Wireless 5Ghz - not sure if the newer model has this support built in yet. Also, it won't play H265 without a bit of stutter and all 4 cores at max.

Mind you the TV model doesn't have wifi nor bluetooth.

I'd also check if any models have USB3, if not look at a model with eSata if you need that extra speed.

The biggest bottleneck is the I/O on the SD card, not the Cubox.

Thanks for the input mate.

Wifi is not a dealbreaker for me since (and you can see on the photos section, my current setup) i use cabled LAN.
The eSATA would be nice, but does the unit boots from the SATA controller?

Oh and i was not expecting H265 decoding lool. i just want something with more "juice" than my rPi model 1 B... I still plan to go with Xbian and just to HTPC usage. No torrents or other programs running, just the OS, Kodi and necessary services like in the Pi.
I expect that the GUI performance is better than on the rPi (is it?) and it can decode higher bitrates (AVC) with better performance.