Integrated Graphics and Audio as Media Center?

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Published on 2012-11-10T09:05:00Z Indexed on 2012/11/10 11:07 UTC
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I'm considering setting up a PC as a Media Center. Mainly to watch movies (ideally HD quality) and listening to music, but also to perform tasks like e-mail, web browsing, ...

I quite like the looks and the price of this barebone: http://www.asus.de/Barebone_PC/S_Series_7L/S2P8H61E

However it comes with integrated graphics and audio and only has one free PCI-Express slot. Which would mean in the worst case, where both integrated graphics and audio turn out to be insufficient, I could only upgrade one.

So is integrated graphics and audio sufficient for a media center solution?

Cheers, Will

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