First Time HTPC Build: Need advise on budget build

[charrua1972]

Hello. I am in the stages of planning an HTPC build. I plan on using the HTPC for medium gaming, playing videos, music (from NAS), streaming from net, and watching/recording live TV. Any recommendations and advice on the planned build would be very much appreciated.

OS: Win7, WMC, XBMC

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1OsBA
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1OsBA/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1OsBA/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Pentium G860 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($70.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($33.81 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: nMEDIAPC HTPC 7000B (Black) HTPC Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($45.98 @ Outlet PC)
Other: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 Hybrid TV Tuner w/ Video Recorder PCI-E x 1 ($65.99)
Total: $544.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-14 14:49 EDT-0400)

Thanks for any and all help.

 

[thepinkanator95]

These are the changes I made.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($67.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($69.97 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($33.81 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.96 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: nMEDIAPC HTPC 1080P HTPC Case ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($45.98 @ Outlet PC)
Other: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 Hybrid TV Tuner w/ Video Recorder PCI-E x 1 ($65.99)
Total: $583.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-14 15:24 EDT-0400)

I changed out the Pentium with an Athlon. The Athlon has overall better performance versus the Pentium (proof). I also changed out the motherboard for to fit the CPU.

I added an HDD for storage purposes. Those TV shows will take up a lot of room, you will probably need at least a terabyte for your computer stuff plus TV.