$700-$800 Budget Home Media Center

[Chinrichs]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week

Budget Range: $700-$800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Home Media Center and the ability to run current and future games. Both of same importance. (Don't need to run games at max settings, just be able to casually play, watch streams, play Blu-rays etc.) Almost like a custom Alienware X51

Are you buying a monitor: No


Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Frys is number one because I can buy in person, will use newegg though if prices/availability is that much better

Location: Northern California



Overclocking: Maybe depends if it will increase effectiveness on build

SLI or Crossfire: NO

Your Monitor Resolution: Im planning on using this computer as a home media center in the family/tv room. It will be used on a 60" Pioneer Elite monitor.

Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC that is capable of playing most PC games on low to medium (Sim City, Starcraft II) as well as acting as a blu ray and media center computer. Will use XMBC. Fast boot time would be great

 

[properbuilds]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.53 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Other: GIGABYTE GV-N65TBOC-2GD GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB @ Newegg ($169.99)
Total: $738.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)