Opinion on my HTPC Build

Right. Thanks, that makes sense. I don't need the 600w. That Antec is cheap but I wonder about noise. The Seasonic has the larger fan.

yeah i checked out the newegg customer reviews people were saying the psu was quiet (but i dont trust the newegg review cuz mostly written by people who dont know the diffedrence between a power supply and a flamethrower)...anyway, the seasonic is definitely the better psu, i would go for that

What do you think about CPU cooling? Think I'd need an after market heatsink and fan or will the stock one work OK?

Thanks again.

nope, stock is fine. unless you are overclocking, in which case you will need a better cooler, but most people find that ocing an htpc is kinda stupid because those small cases dont cool so good. the stock coolers on the core i series is actually kinda decent

Great. Thanks! Guess I'm off to races with this thing.

glad i could help!

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