Low Budget TV PC

Wootje · 14 Aug 2012 at 15:50

I need to build a very basic little pc for my tv.

I have my cable set up there for internet, and its main use is for youtube, play movies etc.

I believe the case is mini ITX cases, so doesnt need to be anything special just a decent picture and thats it. other than that be able to have wireless mouse and keyboard.

Do you know any simple set up on low budget?

Wootje · 14 Aug 2012 at 16:47

Ive gone with this so far;

MSI H61I-E35 (B3) Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Motherboard£48.98
Intel Celeron G540 2.50Ghz (Sandy Bridge) Socket LGA1155 - Retail.£30.98
OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 2.5" 60GB Solid State Hard Drive £47.99
Xiao - Mini ITX Case - Black - With PSU £32.99
Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit£10.99

£171.93 inc vat
£143.27 exc VAT

the motherboard has in built graphcs card with HDMI slot so it can connect straight to my TV and the rest is pretty average but should do the job?

notthemilkybark · 14 Aug 2012 at 17:06

Should be a fairly solid build, but don't forget you're missing Windows, wifi and an optical drive (assuming you want any of those things).

EDIT: And that SSD will run out of space really, really fast.

Wootje · 14 Aug 2012 at 17:11

notthemilkybark said:
Should be a fairly solid build, but don't forget you're missing Windows, wifi and an optical drive (assuming you want any of those things).

EDIT: And that SSD will run out of space really, really fast.

I have the ethernet cable all in place to connect to the internet. Wifi is a bit unreliable.

I have Windows 7 Disc at home and I probably should put an optical drive in.