Media centre for around £550

lirancoh85 · 5 Nov 2012 at 03:04

Hey guys,
I want to build my first media centre which will be build for mainly for streaming the web, watching FullHd films and XBMC software.
The system will be connected to a Full HD TV "50 by a good receiver and 7 speaker bose system.
I thoght about that system.

Intel core i3 3225
Gigabyte H77-d3h mATX
8gb ram corsair xms3
2tb samsung 7200rpm sata 3
schyte shuriken low profile rev b
silverstone grandia lc04s
corsair 430w builder
liteon blueray reader
logitech dinovo mini

what do u think ?
can i go any better with £550 ?

Tnx
leo

Frozennova · 5 Nov 2012 at 10:42

Sandy bridge runs cooler than ivy so makes a better HTPC. Also managed to squeeze in a small SSD for OS and software which will reduce noise

YOUR BASKET
1 x Lian Li PC-C37B Aluminium HTPC Chassis - Black £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x Crucial V4 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £43.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 Low Profile CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155/1156/775) £11.99
Total : £526.54 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Bacon? · 5 Nov 2012 at 10:50

First off Ivy only really runs hotter when overclocked which you cant do on Sandy's and their IGPU is much better.

Also no point on getting that RAM.

You want a Retail drive for the software.

EmelWalsh · 5 Nov 2012 at 22:36

YOUR BASKET
1 x Logitech diNovo Edge - Retail (967685-0120) £133.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x Thermaltake Element Q mini-ITX HTPC Case - 220W Power Supply £56.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £23.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
Total : £563.14 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Probably made an error somewhere, if so, point me out.

Idleman · 5 Nov 2012 at 22:55

First off Ivy only really runs hotter when overclocked which you cant do on Sandy's and their IGPU is much better

What the HELL are you talking about.

Rooster212 · 5 Nov 2012 at 23:07

Ivy bridges are more efficient, and only run hotter when at high overclocks (4.6ghz+) and they have Intel HD 4000 Graphics in some of them instead of Intel HD 2500 as in Sandy chips.

Here is a link that explains it better than I do.

Idleman · 5 Nov 2012 at 23:18

Rooster212 said:
Ivy bridges are more efficient, and only run hotter when at high overclocks (4.6ghz+) and they have Intel HD 4000 Graphics in some of them instead of Intel HD 2500 as in Sandy chips.

Here is a link that explains it better than I do.

Is this in reference to my post?