Home Theater PC under $500

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jeffreyson

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i'm looking to build a home theater PC for under $500. I don't need keyboard or mouse or anything like that. I also don't need a very large hard drive. I would like it to be quiet and small if possible. Anyone have any suggestions?
 
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BigBadBeef

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Considering you're doing a "home theater", can I assume that you're going to hook it up to a tv?

- FM2+ motherboard,
- AMD A10 7800K
- Cooler master hyper 212 evo (for silence)
- 4 or 6 gigs of ram
- Pick the smalles possible case that will fit your motherboard
- WD green 1TB
- won't need graphics card this way.
Far within your budget with plenty of room to spare.

As for everybody else, I didn't choose AMD because I'm biased towards it, he could go for a core i3, however AMD's heterogenous system architecture works really great for home cinemas!
 
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socialassassin

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Will you be storing files on it (video, music) or streaming from another source? Add a HDD to this if you need space.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Pr26pg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Pr26pg/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($60.05 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.40 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($58.01 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 400W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $398.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 
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