Spec Me A £500 HTPC

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Flawless 1080p / 3D Playback of course :)

used to own a ASROCK Vision 3D (137D) nice machine, but sold it in a moment of maddess . Now im missing being able to customize XBMC etc.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated guys.
 
Os isnt required, and case to be small , doesnt need to be mini mini, just to fit under the TV unit., not noisy etc.

Also SSD is a must.
 
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Really require items to be in stock today ? was thinking of ordering today. Also not a fan of either of them cases :( , but hardware is nice :)

Black is prefered colour of case.
 
Yeah i do have 2TB external hhd with my mkvs stored on it, but if can squeeze in a 2tb Internal along with the SSD Required for OS install , then all good.

But internal drive doesnt need to be deal breaker, im happy to buy without it.
 
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Slightly over budget, but have included a Gpu for better BD/3D play back.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte H77M-D3H Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £72.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £53.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6450 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-02-20G) £35.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £520.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Idle the case wouldnt fit under my unit :(, shame that. Why i think the Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) [SST-ML03B] is better option, looks slim.
 
below case size

18 inches long, 11.5 inches wide and 10.5 inches tall

this is a spec with the new AMD trinity chips

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5700 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5700OKHJBOX) £91.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Thermaltake Armor A30 LAN Gaming Case - Black £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £59.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £494.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Spec with I3

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £59.99
1 x OcUK Opera Media Case - Black (with 500W PSU) £39.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £496.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Not too confident with that i3 build hmmmm. full atx mboard seems abit overkill but wouldnt hurt :D

also case in second build can be used in first also to save some moneys
 
do you think it would be wise to build a HTPC with AMDS new trinity cpu and board ? due to integrated GFX ? would it help with cooling.


Edit , oh one above :) let me look
 
yeh the ML03 looks ok i think
you are limited to half height cards but aslong as you dont want to put big gfx cards in it
things like sound cards and tv tuner cards usually come half height
 
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