AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.80 GHz
 

AMD's Athlon II X2 240 is set out to deliver a best-in-class experience for less than $60. Even though it has only two cores it can deliver in many benchmarks including gaming. Its attractive price point and undervolting capabilities also make it an interesting choice for a budget oriented media PC setup. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Athlon_II_X2_240

Got one today, let's see how it does 1080p bluray files :)

without issue I assume, got a single core 2.4ghz Athlon which handles 1080p without a sweat

I guess then you are using CoreAVC ? COREAVC gives less picture quality..
Is the 1080p "heavy" (high bitrate)

using:

- Haali Media Splitter 11-10-2005
- MatroskaMuxer 1.0.0.9
- Matroska Shell Extension 2.8
- VSFilter 2.36
- TTA 1.0.0.203
- CoreFLAC 0.4.0.46
- CoreWavpack 1.0.3
- FFDShow 15-10-2005 (decoding only)
- RealMediaSplitter 1.0.1.0
- MPEG2 Decoder v0.1.2.0
- MatroskaDiag 1.0.0.62

Did you know you only need haali + ffdshow + vsfilter to play those bluray files (andy many others)?

Just installed http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Matroska_Pack.htm , possible I installed the "lite" edition, don't know anymore; I just know they work :)