Basic HTPC Build

Russinating · 1 Apr 2013 at 16:30

Anything wrong or missing with this basic HTPC build (already have hard drives)?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £49.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £35.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £29.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156) £4.99
Total : £167.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

Need a simple HTPC to stream video files to my Smart TV via Serviio and that's about it, plus some uTorrent downloading and access via a remote desktop viewer.

I bought a WD Live 1TB drive today but it doesn't support half my video files so it's useless. For £50 more I thought I'd look at the HTPC route.

kitkat9933 · 2 Apr 2013 at 01:21

You should be fine.

Russinating · 2 Apr 2013 at 09:16

Cheers, that's all I need to know

Gav_881 · 8 Apr 2013 at 19:33

one other thing have a look at the N40L microserver, add a 5450 or similar and it will do all that for about £130 after the cashback and its a nice clean low power system. mine runs at about 30W

Guardsmon · 15 Apr 2013 at 18:29

Gav_881 said:
one other thing have a look at the N40L microserver, add a 5450 or similar and it will do all that for about £130 after the cashback and its a nice clean low power system. mine runs at about 30W

The N40L has gone up significantly in the last couple of months. You'll be lucky to find one under £260 now

I paid £109 for mine after cash back, but that was some time back now.