Moderate Use Media Machine $3-400

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Approximate Purchase Date: Within a week

Budget Range: $300 - $400

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Watching Movies on a large TV (Probably just 720p), General Web Use

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg only, I just prefer it due to shoprunner/ease of a single order

Location: USA

Parts Preferences: Whatever Works

Overclocking: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Just say 1920 x 1080 to be sure


So yeah, hello again! I have another friend looking to build a nice media machine, so I came here looking for some feedback. He is just looking for a pretty basic setup, but it needs 2 HDMI ports (If that's possible without adding a video card? I am unsure) He will mostly be using it to watch movies and listen to music, but he also fiddles around with music from friends, so he wants a soundcard. He asked if it would be possible to get a small SSD (Well I mentioned that, probably my mistake) just to make everything a bit faster, but he said it's not even important, just see how much it would cost. He wants around a 250-500 Gb HDD (Probably a 250 Gb if an SSD is possible on the price, but if not, just a 500). Also a note, he does no gaming whatsoever, so gaming performance is not even on the list really. So yeah, thanks for looking!
 

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So after some more research and discussing it with my friend, apparently sound cards are a total waste unless you use really high end headphones, so I talked him out of that, so now it's the same build as earlier, just not with the 2 hdmi ports and no sound card, so now it's much more possible within the budget! lol