Can You Spec Me a £3-350 HTPC
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I can, but cba.
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Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £119.99
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail£101.99
Asus P8H61-I Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
Sub Total : £259.13
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £53.73
Total : £322.36
Havent specc'd a case as Im not good with the HTPC cases, or if they come with a preinstalled PSU, because of this I specced the smallest mobo I could find, but if the case allows, you can save £15 by going for a H61 matx mobo, if it will fit in your desired case.
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Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £119.99
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail£101.99
Asus P8H61-I Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
Sub Total : £259.13
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £53.73
Total : £322.36
Havent specc'd a case as Im not good with the HTPC cases, or if they come with a preinstalled PSU, because of this I specced the smallest mobo I could find, but if the case allows, you can save £15 by going for a H61 matx mobo, if it will fit in your desired case.
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A small case and a pc capble of 1080p Blu ray playback. I have not included any optical drive.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £119.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x Crucial 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10600C9 1333MHz 240-Pin (CT51264BA1339) £20.39
Total : £317.42 (includes shipping : £11.75).
I have done it as cheap as i can. You could check out the OCUK HTPC case but at the min it is out of stock. But you could wait for it to come back in to stock.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £119.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x Crucial 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10600C9 1333MHz 240-Pin (CT51264BA1339) £20.39
Total : £317.42 (includes shipping : £11.75).
I have done it as cheap as i can. You could check out the OCUK HTPC case but at the min it is out of stock. But you could wait for it to come back in to stock.
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No probs with the Pentium. For what you want it should be 100% OK. The only thing the i3 has more is the Hyperthreading. And the HD3000 Graphics if you get the i3-2105
Looked at the pricing, it's a very good option. Pretty decent onboard graphics - cheap.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK
Pre-made OCUK llano build?
Could chuck in a silent HD 5450 for 20 quid or so?
Pre-made OCUK llano build?
Could chuck in a silent HD 5450 for 20 quid or so?
IMO Silverstone make some of the best and most attractive HTPC cases. The Grandia GD06B is the one I'm looking at getting when I build my HTPC.
that is the very case i am getting tomorrow, i have trawled through a lot to find it!
im getting an i3-2120 and a nvidia GT 430 and M4 64GB SSD, but that is a little overkill for your reqs
id go th g620 or AMD llano
EDT, my spec is for 3d [which i will attempt to get working] if i wasnt after 3d i think i would have gone AMD Llano
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+1 to the Llano for HTPC. It's pretty much the only thing AMD has going for them at the moment sadly.
The advantage to going with the intel 1155 socket is that you have a greater choice of CPUs to upgrade to later G/i3/i5/i7. Although if the machine is purely intended just to be a HTPC and nothing more I would opt for the Llano with it's better integrated graphics.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=405
As you can see the intel CPU pulls ahead on some benchmarks but when you look at the video encoding the AMD option is actually better. Feel free to adjust the search criteria to suit your needs.
Good luck with the build and problems or questions you know where we are
The advantage to going with the intel 1155 socket is that you have a greater choice of CPUs to upgrade to later G/i3/i5/i7. Although if the machine is purely intended just to be a HTPC and nothing more I would opt for the Llano with it's better integrated graphics.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=405
As you can see the intel CPU pulls ahead on some benchmarks but when you look at the video encoding the AMD option is actually better. Feel free to adjust the search criteria to suit your needs.
Good luck with the build and problems or questions you know where we are
+1 they do look nice and had gd reviews
Silverstone make some nice cases
Also, my HTPC runs off a 64GB SSD and I keep 2 X 2TB disks in my cheapo £50 Netgear Stora which has worked perfectly, silently and quickly since the day I got it. If a disk ever fails, it emails me and I can order a new one. With 300Mb+ Ethernet over Power avilable you can keep the Stora out of the way, in another room, the roof, somewhere where it wont get stolen etc... brilliant peice of kit for £50 MS2000
Also, my HTPC runs off a 64GB SSD and I keep 2 X 2TB disks in my cheapo £50 Netgear Stora which has worked perfectly, silently and quickly since the day I got it. If a disk ever fails, it emails me and I can order a new one. With 300Mb+ Ethernet over Power avilable you can keep the Stora out of the way, in another room, the roof, somewhere where it wont get stolen etc... brilliant peice of kit for £50 MS2000
I have this. Works perfectly. It comes with a fitting which you can attach it to the back of your TV too.