Home Theater PC - out of the box

smittyline

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I've built several PCs but I'm getting older and busier. Thus I'm looking for a pre-built system that would make a good home theater/theatre PC.

- The smaller it is, the better.
- Must have a Windows operating system so I can install windows media player classic or VLC.
- All I care is about SMOOTH 720p output. I don't care about 1080p. The PC should be able to handle even the beefiest 720p MKV files thrown at it.
- The ability to play raw Bluray files is just a bonus.
- Price is not a concern.

I don't want to spend several hours tweaking software video settings. I'm past that now.
 

Marcopolo123

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What about cooler master elite 120 or bitfenix prodigy ?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-ITX R2.0 Mini ITX FM2 Motherboard ($91.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.98 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $555.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-22 04:39 EDT-0400)