Hi all
I'm planning to build a budget HTPC next month, but have no clue on where to start from. Some key points are:
- I won't playback 1080p too often as my plasma is only capable of 720p. Most of the time I'll be watching DVDs, DVDRips or 720p .mkvs;
- It has to be energy efficient, cool and quiet;
- It's gonna be up most of the time as it's gonna serve files to my other computers (also P2Ping, but not very often);
- I'm not into games. At all.
- It has to be no more than 16cm tall (6.4");
- On CPUs, I certainly have a preference for Intel (but it's not mandatory);
- I haven't decided yet, but I'm almost sure I'll be running Win7 on it, so at least 2Gb RAM would be good;
- Another thing I'm willing to spend a little bit more on is an SSD for faster boot up times. I have a spare IDE 160Gb HD which could be added to the system (if there's some room) or plugged into it by using an USB enclosure I already have (I also have another 1TB USB HDD to be plugged into it);
- Budget: $400 +/- 20%
Any ideas?
I'm planning to build a budget HTPC next month, but have no clue on where to start from. Some key points are:
- I won't playback 1080p too often as my plasma is only capable of 720p. Most of the time I'll be watching DVDs, DVDRips or 720p .mkvs;
- It has to be energy efficient, cool and quiet;
- It's gonna be up most of the time as it's gonna serve files to my other computers (also P2Ping, but not very often);
- I'm not into games. At all.
- It has to be no more than 16cm tall (6.4");
- On CPUs, I certainly have a preference for Intel (but it's not mandatory);
- I haven't decided yet, but I'm almost sure I'll be running Win7 on it, so at least 2Gb RAM would be good;
- Another thing I'm willing to spend a little bit more on is an SSD for faster boot up times. I have a spare IDE 160Gb HD which could be added to the system (if there's some room) or plugged into it by using an USB enclosure I already have (I also have another 1TB USB HDD to be plugged into it);
- Budget: $400 +/- 20%
Any ideas?
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