Help assembling home media center

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aliasxneo

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Greetings,

I'm interested in setting up a home server to accomplish a few tasks:

  • ■ Store and stream HD movies and shows to TV
    ■ Store and play large music collection
    ■ Potentially run some low-end game servers like Minecraft for my wife and kids
    ■ Act as a central file-storage for my various laptops, tablets, etc.
I'm not looking to break the bank here, but I don't want to give a budget simply because I'm not really sure what I'm getting myself into here price wise. The server would be most likely running 24/7 so energy optimal would be nice. Also, for the record, I've built desktops before so I'm not afraid to build this server from scratch. Cheers!
 
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jokyteddy

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Looking at your needs, you might not even need a dedicated graphics card (saves energy too!)
You would want an aftermarket CPU cooler if you plan to run the system 24/7

Here's a list of parts I've put together. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1a5eQ It's about $770
I don't know if you need 2x 2TB HDD or not or do you want a sound card so tweak it a little bit to your liking :)
 
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