Cheap entertainment PC

brett39532

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Sep 17, 2013
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Ok guys. I am needing a computer for my living room to hook up to my tv. Its only purpose in life will be to house ton and tons of downloaded content mainly movies, surf the internet, and netflix. i would like a super small form factor and as cheap as possible just the bare essentials. What can you guys come up with i don't want to exceed over $400 or so.
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ksgd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ksgd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ksgd/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Case: nMEDIAPC HTPC 1080P HTPC Case ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $322.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 19:15 EST-0500)
 

Specops125

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Dec 17, 2013
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($86.47 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $410.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 19:30 EST-0500)
 
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