alexruiz
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I'm not highly knowledgeable about this kind of stuff, but I think the HD4k suffers from a mix of lack of raw compute power, and Intel not having as much experience in that kind of software. It's still a fine choice but AMD's GPU will open more options as far as hardware accelerated shaders and effects (like types of deinterlacing and noise cleanup). I hope someone with some more knowledge chips in on this topic.
It's true AMD's APUs do have lower idle power consumption but if we leave GPUs out of this entirely, I'd go with an Intel CPU because they get more work done per watt.
What is that machine going to do in his usage that Intel would have "more work done per watt"? Poorly executed playback that need the cPU to ramp up, generate noise and take more energy? Yes, the i3 will do it, but that doesn't qualify as "more work done per watt". For his usage, the A10 is untouchable.
Edit. OP, if the 100W number scares you (which shouldn't, the APU will never eat 100W in that usage) get the A10-5700 and don't look back.
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