Approximate Purchase Date: N/A since I am wanting to build it all myself with the parts I need
Budget Range: I want as cheap as I can go with what I am looking for. roughly no more than $600 to $700.
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
1) Store movies and tv shows and watch on my 1080p tv
2) use as a cable box alternative, with the use of a cable card i would like to use it as a DVR (watch, pause, and rewind live TV)
3) watch and play bluray disks
4) (optional) stream netflix, hulu, amazon prime through this.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I want to use my TV through HDMI cable.
Parts to Upgrade:
I am wanting to build from scratch.
These are what I want:
- 1tb (but i prefer 2, or 3tb... depends what kind of deal i find.) hard drive, I would want maybe 2 of these in it. (so I would have 1 to 4 tb of INTERNAL memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136783
$116.99 for a 2gig internal hard drive.
Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
- 4 to 8 gigs of RAM (or whatever is a good amount of memory to do all that I want it to do without problems.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178333
$38.99 for 2x4gb
PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333
- case (I don't want a case that stands up like a tower, but i want it to be wide like a cable box or a dvd player would be).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345016 $79.99 for Bitfenix Prodigy or..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154061 $44.99 APEX HTPC case.
-Cable Card Tuner (I need this definitely as I want to use it as a cable box.
http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv-4-pcie/ $199 Multi Tuner Cable Card Slot.
- (optional, but preffered) Qam/ATSC Tuner.
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr2250.html Hauppage WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Tuner $109.
- Bluray Player/Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106369
$64.99 Lite On Bluray Burner.
(I will be using a small hard drive as a main hard drive for the main computer files and use the other hard drive(s) for complete media usage.
Do you need to buy OS: I do not have a OS, I am open for suggestions on which one would be good for what I want to do.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, amazon, tiger direct, anything united states based that is trust worthy.
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Parts Preferences: I do not have one.
Overclocking: Not Important
SLI or Crossfire: I dont know what this is lol
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: I would be buying a little at a time every couple weeks.
I would like to save as much money as possible and am willing to settle for less on some, depends how far..
I am not sure what else I would need, but with all the stuff i listed (minus the $40 case) it ends up being about:
$774
$29 shipping
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: not upgrading, building from scratch
also, any suggestions on the Mother Board and CPU?
Budget Range: I want as cheap as I can go with what I am looking for. roughly no more than $600 to $700.
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
1) Store movies and tv shows and watch on my 1080p tv
2) use as a cable box alternative, with the use of a cable card i would like to use it as a DVR (watch, pause, and rewind live TV)
3) watch and play bluray disks
4) (optional) stream netflix, hulu, amazon prime through this.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I want to use my TV through HDMI cable.
Parts to Upgrade:
I am wanting to build from scratch.
These are what I want:
- 1tb (but i prefer 2, or 3tb... depends what kind of deal i find.) hard drive, I would want maybe 2 of these in it. (so I would have 1 to 4 tb of INTERNAL memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136783
$116.99 for a 2gig internal hard drive.
Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
- 4 to 8 gigs of RAM (or whatever is a good amount of memory to do all that I want it to do without problems.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178333
$38.99 for 2x4gb
PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333
- case (I don't want a case that stands up like a tower, but i want it to be wide like a cable box or a dvd player would be).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345016 $79.99 for Bitfenix Prodigy or..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154061 $44.99 APEX HTPC case.
-Cable Card Tuner (I need this definitely as I want to use it as a cable box.
http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv-4-pcie/ $199 Multi Tuner Cable Card Slot.
- (optional, but preffered) Qam/ATSC Tuner.
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr2250.html Hauppage WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Tuner $109.
- Bluray Player/Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106369
$64.99 Lite On Bluray Burner.
(I will be using a small hard drive as a main hard drive for the main computer files and use the other hard drive(s) for complete media usage.
Do you need to buy OS: I do not have a OS, I am open for suggestions on which one would be good for what I want to do.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, amazon, tiger direct, anything united states based that is trust worthy.
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Parts Preferences: I do not have one.
Overclocking: Not Important
SLI or Crossfire: I dont know what this is lol
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: I would be buying a little at a time every couple weeks.
I would like to save as much money as possible and am willing to settle for less on some, depends how far..
I am not sure what else I would need, but with all the stuff i listed (minus the $40 case) it ends up being about:
$774
$29 shipping
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: not upgrading, building from scratch
CPU
Mobo
RAM - PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
DVD - LiteOn Bluray Burner
Case/PSU - Bitfenix Prodigy
HDD - Western Digital 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Tuner - InfiniTV 4 PCIe
also, any suggestions on the Mother Board and CPU?