Hey everyone,
I'm currently in the process of getting some prices together and building a HTPC for the living room.
Parts I already have and plan to use:
- 64GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSD or 256GB mSATA SSD pulled from old Dell
- Have a mSATA to 2.5-inch form factor adapter for the 256GB SSD
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 (2x4GB)
- http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=40739
- Sapphire HD 7790 1GB GDDR5 GPU
- http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7867677
Parts I plan to buy:
- EVGA 430w PSU (50$, 40$ after rebate)
- http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX50686
- CPU
- MOBO
- CASE
So as you can see, I need a few parts, but don't know what would be appropriate.
I don't need anything crazy for a CPU, i don't even think Ill need an i3? Suggestions?
As for the MOBO, that will be dictated by the CPU and don't need one that is too powerful, just needs to have a slot for the graphics card and can take the RAM.
And the case needs to be accommodating for the GPU and is small in size/nice enough for the living room.
This HTPC will be used to watch Netflix and NHL games from the internet, and streaming very large media files over ethernet from my NAS. Some movies, for example, hit about 50GB in size. Let me know what you think!
Thanks!
I'm currently in the process of getting some prices together and building a HTPC for the living room.
Parts I already have and plan to use:
- 64GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSD or 256GB mSATA SSD pulled from old Dell
- Have a mSATA to 2.5-inch form factor adapter for the 256GB SSD
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 (2x4GB)
- http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=40739
- Sapphire HD 7790 1GB GDDR5 GPU
- http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7867677
Parts I plan to buy:
- EVGA 430w PSU (50$, 40$ after rebate)
- http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX50686
- CPU
- MOBO
- CASE
So as you can see, I need a few parts, but don't know what would be appropriate.
I don't need anything crazy for a CPU, i don't even think Ill need an i3? Suggestions?
As for the MOBO, that will be dictated by the CPU and don't need one that is too powerful, just needs to have a slot for the graphics card and can take the RAM.
And the case needs to be accommodating for the GPU and is small in size/nice enough for the living room.
This HTPC will be used to watch Netflix and NHL games from the internet, and streaming very large media files over ethernet from my NAS. Some movies, for example, hit about 50GB in size. Let me know what you think!
Thanks!
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