- May 28, 2013
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Hello everyone,
While this is my first post on Tom's, I used it several months back to piece together my first build by viewing other's questions. The community here is very helpful so I decided now is my time to ask for a little assistance:
I recently received a GTX 780 as a birthday gift. That card is to go into my gaming desktop down in my man cave. The problem is that I already have a Matrix 7970 Platinum and now I am unsure what to do with it. Should I sell that card or should I keep that for my HTPC build? I would love for the system to be as small as I can get it (the wife would prefer a small box to go into our TV stand rather than a tower on the ground in our bedroom). If the majority of you decide I should keep it, I need help building an HTPC around it.
I will need pretty much everything except peripherals (will be using 60 inch Sharp LCD 1080P and I will worry about kb/m at a later date). I know it isn't much but my budget right now is 500 USD. I should be coming into another 300 USD over the weekend making the grand total 800 USD. Will this be enough to build a decent machine around that card?
All I plan on doing is playing games and running XBMC for my media. As far as games go, I stay current and I play everything. I also want to be able to get the best settings I can which is why I kind of want to keep that card. I don't plan on overclocking the CPU.
So now I leave it to you knowledgeable people at Tom's to help me. Is building an HTPC around this card a good idea? If so, please help me build a computer around it in the most inexpensive way. I will fill out a form if the general consensus says to build, but I kind of wanted to see if it would be worth it before I went that far.
All help is greatly appreciated and thanks to all in advance!
While this is my first post on Tom's, I used it several months back to piece together my first build by viewing other's questions. The community here is very helpful so I decided now is my time to ask for a little assistance:
I recently received a GTX 780 as a birthday gift. That card is to go into my gaming desktop down in my man cave. The problem is that I already have a Matrix 7970 Platinum and now I am unsure what to do with it. Should I sell that card or should I keep that for my HTPC build? I would love for the system to be as small as I can get it (the wife would prefer a small box to go into our TV stand rather than a tower on the ground in our bedroom). If the majority of you decide I should keep it, I need help building an HTPC around it.
I will need pretty much everything except peripherals (will be using 60 inch Sharp LCD 1080P and I will worry about kb/m at a later date). I know it isn't much but my budget right now is 500 USD. I should be coming into another 300 USD over the weekend making the grand total 800 USD. Will this be enough to build a decent machine around that card?
All I plan on doing is playing games and running XBMC for my media. As far as games go, I stay current and I play everything. I also want to be able to get the best settings I can which is why I kind of want to keep that card. I don't plan on overclocking the CPU.
So now I leave it to you knowledgeable people at Tom's to help me. Is building an HTPC around this card a good idea? If so, please help me build a computer around it in the most inexpensive way. I will fill out a form if the general consensus says to build, but I kind of wanted to see if it would be worth it before I went that far.
All help is greatly appreciated and thanks to all in advance!
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