Summary: I had an old Dell slim factor that I was using for a temporary storage device to play videos and music over Apple's Air Play. Each room in our house has apple tv and it was convenient to access all MP4/MP3 files in each room over wifi. Well, that Dell clunked out (mobo died) and now I am trying to pick parts to build a small HTPC that will share these files as needed.
Main Purpose of this HTPC: Run iTunes and Bose SoundTouch software. This system will be in our living room and also used to view movies on our HDTV.
Components:
Case: Silverstone Sugo Series SG05BB Lite SECC
CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 2.7GHz LGA 1155
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX
RAM: G. Skill 4GB DDR 1333 SDRAM
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
PSU: Solid Gear 220 Watt Flex ATX Power Supply
Items not needed are: Blu-Ray Drive, keyboard, monitor or mouse. These items have already been purchased. I will be using the integrated graphics in the CPU as well. So I don't think I need a GPU at this time.
OS: This system will be running Windows 7.
Oh Yea...: I would like this system to run as quiet as possible and run COOL, to prevent over-heating. Any thoughts?
If you can recommend any parts that I may have forgotten or over looked, please advise. If you think any of the parts above are over-kill or may have poor performance, please advise.
Thanks!!
Main Purpose of this HTPC: Run iTunes and Bose SoundTouch software. This system will be in our living room and also used to view movies on our HDTV.
Components:
Case: Silverstone Sugo Series SG05BB Lite SECC
CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 2.7GHz LGA 1155
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX
RAM: G. Skill 4GB DDR 1333 SDRAM
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
PSU: Solid Gear 220 Watt Flex ATX Power Supply
Items not needed are: Blu-Ray Drive, keyboard, monitor or mouse. These items have already been purchased. I will be using the integrated graphics in the CPU as well. So I don't think I need a GPU at this time.
OS: This system will be running Windows 7.
Oh Yea...: I would like this system to run as quiet as possible and run COOL, to prevent over-heating. Any thoughts?
If you can recommend any parts that I may have forgotten or over looked, please advise. If you think any of the parts above are over-kill or may have poor performance, please advise.
Thanks!!