Approximate Purchase Date: This Week
Budget Range: $400-$600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Watching Movies, and media serving the rest of the house.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Mobo, CPU, RAM
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New Egg
Location: City, State/Region, Country: Buena Park, CA, USA. Next day delivery from New Egg since I am so close.
Parts Preferences: Intel i5, Gigabyte Motherboard.
Overclocking: Maybe, Havent ever done it before. Buying fast so I don't need to.
SLI or Crossfire: Don't know what this is.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: Replacing my 10 year old Media Server type PC that lives in the garage. May end up moving it into the house, if it runs quiet enough, to the bedroom TV.
Gigabyte Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544
i5 CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
G.Skill Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568
Artic Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186084