Hi guys. I am just getting back into my hobby of PC building after 5 years! Been travelling a lot (job requires it) and for now, I'm settled in Kent. Wanted your opinion on building an HTPC. Primary use is HiFi and gaming at acceptable frame rates, not everything maxed out. Im building another PC for that. This one'll serve my needs till I find a permanent place to settle. Any advice? Max budget is £600. I have a WD Green 1.5TB HDD and a Samsung 830 256gb ssd. Rest, i'll order. Any advice would be welcome.
Audiophile HTPC Build
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Hey hey!
I am more of a headphones guy. Senns HD650 and HD800. At the moment, I am in a house share so have to limit the noise. Im planning on dropping money on the HDVD800 connected to the HTPC. Im using a Dragonfly as a DAC but will upgrade that when I earn a bit more
The £600 is for the box only.
I am more of a headphones guy. Senns HD650 and HD800. At the moment, I am in a house share so have to limit the noise. Im planning on dropping money on the HDVD800 connected to the HTPC. Im using a Dragonfly as a DAC but will upgrade that when I earn a bit more
The £600 is for the box only.A HDVD800, I hate you 
This would play games at a fair pace, if you want one and an OS you'll have to chop down the GPU by quite a bit.
No optical drive though:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI H87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
Total : £594.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).
This would play games at a fair pace, if you want one and an OS you'll have to chop down the GPU by quite a bit.
No optical drive though:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI H87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
Total : £594.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).
From an dragonfly £200+ dac to an HDVD800 1.5k dac ?
Must listen to too much music
You mentioned your in a shared house, wont your Senns be open sound and then leaking whatever music/movies etc out to the rest of the house and street ?
BF4 @ 3am, people are going to dial 999 lol
Perhaps a good idea to invest in some closed back headphones like AKG 550s which isolate and seal noise pretty good, other choices out there also.
Sounds to me you would with the money your considering spending register and re-ask this question on headfi forums, the audiophiles main hang out. Those guys would know plenty on dacs and setups.
Must listen to too much music
You mentioned your in a shared house, wont your Senns be open sound and then leaking whatever music/movies etc out to the rest of the house and street ?
BF4 @ 3am, people are going to dial 999 lol
Perhaps a good idea to invest in some closed back headphones like AKG 550s which isolate and seal noise pretty good, other choices out there also.
Sounds to me you would with the money your considering spending register and re-ask this question on headfi forums, the audiophiles main hang out. Those guys would know plenty on dacs and setups.