Device recommendation, please

AllanMarcus · February 23, 2017 at 12:01 AM

What's the ideal box to get to run LibreElec? "Ideal" to me means

- no fan noise
- somewhat future proof (2-3 years would be great)
- Just for Kodi, but need a few ad-ons (boot right into Kodi, and OS and Kodi self update)
- gig ethernet
- fast enough for HDHomeRun decoding, 1080p ripped BluRays, 7.1 pass-thru, maybe even 4K content once it becomes commonly available as downloads through certain backchannels ways of acquiring content.
- Price: under $300

I would prefer easy, if possible, but I can hack up a chrome box if I have to.

Thanks,

Allan

**Klojum** · February 23, 2017 at 6:48 AM Official Post

Quote from AllanMarcus

maybe even 4K content once it becomes commonly available as downloads through certain backchannels ways of acquiring content

Yeah, right...

Start with an Odroid C2 for now. It should satisfy most of your needs.
Or an Asrock Apollo Lake motherboard J3455/J4205, used with a pico PSU and SSD, if you are more into Intel stuff.

**escalade** · February 23, 2017 at 7:24 AM

Tronsmart Ara X5 Plus does everything you want for $99 (except gigabit lan), and it should beat the odroid c2 easily performance wise.

**Klojum** · February 23, 2017 at 8:11 AM Official Post

Cherry Trail Z8300 can also do 4K HEVC? 10bit?

**escalade** · February 23, 2017 at 8:18 AM

Yes it can do 4K HEVC, not 10-bit I guess.

AllanMarcus · February 23, 2017 at 1:52 PM

Quote from Klojum

Yeah, right...

Start with an Odroid C2 for now. It should satisfy most of your needs.
Or an Asrock Apollo Lake motherboard J3455/J4205, used with a pico PSU and SSD, if you are more into Intel stuff.

Thanks. So you'd go with the Odroid C2 over a wetek?

I just get the board (and PSU), a case, and an eMMC module?

AllanMarcus · February 24, 2017 at 2:22 PM

oDroid C2 ordered. Now I wait