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xcrunner25

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Hello everyone I'm new at this htpc building idea. I got the idea after seeing a friends last week and I thought I could build one. However with all the different parts I'm really confused. I was hoping for some help. I was going to list some of the parts and get some feedback from everyone about if that's too much for a htpc that will be used mainly for movies. I was going to try and add maybe some old SNES games later on in life. I do have a 7.1 Yamaha receiver and I plan on hooking it HDMI to my TV.

So here:
Case:
nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Acrylic / Steel HTPC 6000B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Processor:
Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637I53450

Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-Z87N-WIFI LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128615

Ram:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Power Supply:
Unsure what to get because I will be hopefully ont day hooking 6 4tb internal hard drives to the device

Graphic Card:
Unsure if I need one and not sure if which one to but if I do

Blu-Ray Burner:
SUS Black Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-16D1HT
Item #: N82E16827135306

Thanks for the help if you need anything else let me know.
 
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jaguarskx
The CPU and motherboard are not compatible with each other. The i5-3450 is a socket 1155 CPU while the motherboard has socket 1150. Both sockets must match for the two to fit each other.

A "Z" chipset (Z77 or Z87) is generally meant for overclocking ("k" model CPUs like the i5-3570k or i5-4670k) so there is no need to by a "Z" chipset motherboard a "H" model should be fine. A "Z" chipset mobo can still be used, but they generally cost more.

I generally recommend 8GB of RAM, but 4GB is sufficient for watching videos / encoding videos.

A graphics cards is not absolutely necessary. I recommend using the Intel HD 2500 first. If you don't like it then get something like the Radeon HD 6450 which is good enough for watching videos... but...
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The CPU and motherboard are not compatible with each other. The i5-3450 is a socket 1155 CPU while the motherboard has socket 1150. Both sockets must match for the two to fit each other.

A "Z" chipset (Z77 or Z87) is generally meant for overclocking ("k" model CPUs like the i5-3570k or i5-4670k) so there is no need to by a "Z" chipset motherboard a "H" model should be fine. A "Z" chipset mobo can still be used, but they generally cost more.

I generally recommend 8GB of RAM, but 4GB is sufficient for watching videos / encoding videos.

A graphics cards is not absolutely necessary. I recommend using the Intel HD 2500 first. If you don't like it then get something like the Radeon HD 6450 which is good enough for watching videos... but not for games.
 
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CTurbo

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You do not need an i5 for a HTPC build. I recommend going with a 4th gen i3 like a 4130 or 4330. Either of those i3s will have plenty of video power for any movie watching scenario. No video card will be necessary unless you want to play games. You want a socket 1150 motherboard like the B85, H81, or H87 that has an HDMI port.

If you wanted to go the AMD route, pretty much any fm2 socket A series apu will do. They have really strong integrated graphics, and are perfect for HTPC uses.
 
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