Hey this is my first post here but have been following Tom's for a while. Just want to get people's opinion on my HTPC build which I am about to buy all the parts for. Hope to get some input and maybe some ideas but I think I've got a pretty good idea of all the parts I'm going to use.
Money wise I'm planning on spending about $1000 and want this to be pretty much noiseless other than the storage hard drives.
Case - Want to be able to turn on with remote
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163076
Power Supply - 20 + 4 pin and fanless
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104035
Motherboard - 1.3 HDMI capable chipset 785G (I realize it does not do the 7.1 audio, but in the future I will prolly add a sound card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398
20 pin to 24 pin converter - Buying it b/c motherboard has 24 pin and power supply 20 pin (Know it doesn't matter usually, but not sure with this build since the remote control cable adapter uses 24 pin)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201001
CPU - 65 watt dual core 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681
Main HDD - Purely for system and necessary drivers and codecs. All other tasks like ripping DVD's etc. will be done on my other comp and then the files will be transferred by USB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393
HDD converter - Dock for converting 2.5" to 3.5" internal HDD (for SSD above)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994064
Memory - 4 GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148227
Blu-ray/DVD reader - To play blu-ray movies (Blu-rays take up too much room still on HDD since I rip DVD's uncompressed w/ all features hence until larger than 2TB HDD come out I'm not ripping Blu-rays since I would want those uncompressed as well)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106325
CPU Heatsink - Could go fanless if desired but will buy 120mm fan as well (below)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835220019
CPU Heatsink Fan - 120mm 8.7dBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185004
Case fans (5) - 80mm 4.5dBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185099
Some extra sataII cables - 2 of each type to use or spares
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189193
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123157
Storage HDD are not shown since I already have those.
Mouse and keyboard - Will use my logitech revolution mx5500 for W7 installation etc just by switching the bluetooth usb adapter to my HTPC. Will do that too for maintenance, but other than that no keyboard or mouse necessary
I believe all these parts cover my build correct? My main points (fast bootup, fast media browser loading, and quiet operation) should be covered with this as my PSU is fanless, my 5 case fans are 4.5 dBA, and my CPU heatsink fan is less than 9 dBA which I might not even use. Also the case has plenty of HDD slots
Money wise I'm planning on spending about $1000 and want this to be pretty much noiseless other than the storage hard drives.
Case - Want to be able to turn on with remote
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163076
Power Supply - 20 + 4 pin and fanless
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104035
Motherboard - 1.3 HDMI capable chipset 785G (I realize it does not do the 7.1 audio, but in the future I will prolly add a sound card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398
20 pin to 24 pin converter - Buying it b/c motherboard has 24 pin and power supply 20 pin (Know it doesn't matter usually, but not sure with this build since the remote control cable adapter uses 24 pin)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201001
CPU - 65 watt dual core 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681
Main HDD - Purely for system and necessary drivers and codecs. All other tasks like ripping DVD's etc. will be done on my other comp and then the files will be transferred by USB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393
HDD converter - Dock for converting 2.5" to 3.5" internal HDD (for SSD above)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994064
Memory - 4 GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148227
Blu-ray/DVD reader - To play blu-ray movies (Blu-rays take up too much room still on HDD since I rip DVD's uncompressed w/ all features hence until larger than 2TB HDD come out I'm not ripping Blu-rays since I would want those uncompressed as well)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106325
CPU Heatsink - Could go fanless if desired but will buy 120mm fan as well (below)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835220019
CPU Heatsink Fan - 120mm 8.7dBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185004
Case fans (5) - 80mm 4.5dBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185099
Some extra sataII cables - 2 of each type to use or spares
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189193
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123157
Storage HDD are not shown since I already have those.
Mouse and keyboard - Will use my logitech revolution mx5500 for W7 installation etc just by switching the bluetooth usb adapter to my HTPC. Will do that too for maintenance, but other than that no keyboard or mouse necessary
I believe all these parts cover my build correct? My main points (fast bootup, fast media browser loading, and quiet operation) should be covered with this as my PSU is fanless, my 5 case fans are 4.5 dBA, and my CPU heatsink fan is less than 9 dBA which I might not even use. Also the case has plenty of HDD slots