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Certainly if you limit  cuts to about 3" hardwood and sheet goods then 1.75 HP is plenty. You can always flip thick boards over and do two cuts. I'd also look for a sliding table arrangement - crosscut sleds are all very well but not as efficient as a sliding table. My only quibble with the DeWalt is that the right side of the table does not fold down so it takes up a lot of room but this is a feature of all North American saws - they have bigger workshops than we do !