HTPC Sanity Check

schemieradge

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Hi there,
After having put the idea on the backburner for a year or so, I'm again looking at doing a HTPC build. I can't remember why I picked half this stuff last year but seem to remember I was fairly happy with it. Have updated some components, but thought I'd ask here if it still looks vaguely sensible?

Main aim is to run a Linux PVR for terrestrial TV (which I believe XBMC can do). Plus some Couchpotato/Sickbeard/Sabnzbd nonsense watching mainly 720. And maybe Netflix, youtube etc. No 3D. No wireless.

I already have a couple of disks I can use.

Would this do the job?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£112.77 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£50.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone GD05B-USB3.0 (Black) HTPC Case (£64.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.14 @ Amazon UK)
Other: TBS 6281 Dual Freeview HD Low-profile PCIe TV Tuner Card DVB-T2 (£90.00)
Total: £388.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

numanator

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The Haswell refresh i3s are a bit cheaper and more powerful:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.01 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone GD05B-USB3.0 (Black) HTPC Case (£64.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.14 @ Amazon UK)
Other: TBS 6281 Dual Freeview HD Low-profile PCIe TV Tuner Card DVB-T2 (£90.00)
Total: £366.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

schemieradge

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Anyone know if I can quite happily sub a Silverstone ML03 case for the GD05?
The ML05 isn't on partpicker so not confident all the parts would be compatible..

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£76.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.94 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.14 @ Amazon UK)
Other: TBS 6281 Dual Freeview HD Low-profile PCIe TV Tuner Card DVB-T2 (£90.00)
Other: Silverstone Milo ML03B Slim HTPC chassis (£53.48)
Total: £326.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

You can always check for the ML05 manually.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-sst-ml05b-usb-30-milo-slim-htpc-mini-itx-black-w-o-psu
 

schemieradge

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You can always check for the ML05 manually.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-sst-ml05b-us...
Yes someone who knows what they are doing could.
(PS it was the ML03 I meant - fairly sure the Micro ATX mother board wouldn't go in a ML05)