Advice on component selection for a HTPC

[barbudogrande2018]

Hello there!

So I've found this beautiful case that I want to use as the basis for a PC build (Terra Mini-ITX Jade) which is starting the wonderful adventure of "what hardware".

I'm a little out of touch on what's what, so was wondering if you lovely humans could help sanity check my current thinking.

Now the PC needs to output at 4k, and I'd like to build this as a "one and done" so that it works without tinkering for as long as possible

Components so far:
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Looked like a decent performance vs cost, if it's overkill then I'd be happy to have other suggestions.
- Asus ROG Strix B650E-I - Looks decent, but might also be overkill.
- RAM ??? - 64GB sounds appropriate, might as well max it out - but as I'm not O/Cing this, I don't know what would be a pragmatic choice.
- Graphics - Would the onboard GFX be performant enough? For just streaming content I would think yes, but would 100% appreciate some feedback on this one.
- M2 storage - looks cool, any advice here on things to keep in mind (I'm not super familiar with these beasties yet)

I want to be able to account for future OS bloat, and maybe squeeze in some water cooling.

So yeah, any feedback and recommendations would be really appreciated!

 

[hornetstinger]

Or just buy a nvidia shield.

lol

or

 

[Tetras]

- RAM ??? - 64GB sounds appropriate, might as well max it out - but as I'm not O/Cing this, I don't know what would be a pragmatic choice.

What exactly are you doing with the PC? If you're literally just playing 4K video even 16GB would be sufficient and 64GB megaaaatron overkill.

- Graphics - Would the onboard GFX be performant enough? For just streaming content I would think yes, but would 100% appreciate some feedback on this one.

Should be (for avoidance of doubt, they're RDNA2, the only significant issue I'm aware of being that it lacks AV1 encoding), but you can always just buy the CPU and try it out and then add the GPU later if needed.

- Asus ROG Strix B650E-I - Looks decent, but might also be overkill.

The Gigabyte B650I AX is available much cheaper, but it has a simpler VRM, just 1x M.2 slot, no rear SPDIF and the M.2/PCIE are all gen 4.0 instead of 5.0.

- M2 storage - looks cool, any advice here on things to keep in mind (I'm not super familiar with these beasties yet)

We'd need to know exactly what you're doing with it to say, but I'd suggest something like the T500 based on current prices (TLC with DRAM).

- AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Looked like a decent performance vs cost, if it's overkill then I'd be happy to have other suggestions.

7600 non-X comes with a cooler and usually runs mildly cooler, which could help in your case that case height restrictions on the cooler.

 

[hornetstinger]

What exactly are you doing with the PC? If you're literally just playing 4K video even 16GB would be sufficient and 64GB megaaaatron overkill.


Should be (for avoidance of doubt, they're RDNA2, the only significant issue I'm aware of being that it lacks AV1 encoding), but you can always just buy the CPU and try it out and then add the GPU later if needed.


The Gigabyte B650I AX is available much cheaper, but it has a simpler VRM, just 1x M.2 slot, no rear SPDIF and the M.2/PCIE are all gen 4.0 instead of 5.0.


We'd need to know exactly what you're doing with it to say, but I'd suggest something like the T500 based on current prices (TLC with DRAM).


7600 non-X comes with a cooler and usually runs mildly cooler, which could help in your case that case height restrictions on the cooler.

Would dual CPU threadripper, 1 TB of RAM, and octo 4090, 100 PB of storage be overkill for playing back standard def DVD?