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Hello All,
I am looking to fully embrace the digital age. I was considering a gaming PC however I have given it more thought. I would like a nice looking HTPC to sit under my TV that will allow me to:
-Play my extensive HD movie collection
-Play my extensive itunes collection
-General Pc use (web, excel, Word)
-Run emulators for the following seemlessly (saturn/n64/gamecube etc)
-Be able to play modern Pc games (crysis 2 for example)- however I am not a serious PC gamer. So this will be a rarity.
-Be somewhat "future proof" in terms of the PC industry, i know as soon as its built its out of date. However it should "do" for a couple of years.
Here is what I have come up with:
Computer Case Zalman HD503 (ATX)
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 (4 x 3.7 GHz) AM3 8MB - Black Edition
CPU Heatsink standard
Memory Corsair 8GB XMS3 PC3-10666 1333MHz (2x4GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6450 - 1 GB - (Sapphire) - Silent (PCI-E)
Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M (AMD 760G)
Networking Wireless LAN 54Mbps (PCI)
Power Supply 530W Be Quiet Straight Power - Ultra Low Noise
Hard Drive #1 500 GB SATA-II Samsung (HD502HJ) Spinpoint F3 - Low Noise
Optical Drive #1 LG (BH10LS30) 10x Blu-Ray Re-Writer/Reader & 16x Dual Layer DVD +/-RW Writer - Black (SATA)
Can anyone see any major issues with the above? I have it priced up at the £600 mark IFI build it myself.
I have gone with AMD for costing reasons.
As for HDD capacity- I have all my media on External HDD's so that wont be an issue.
I am a novice- I have installed the odd graphics card etc over the years but never built a PC. So two major questions:
1- Will that graphics card support sound through the HDMI cable directly to my TV? I want it plug and play ideally.
2- If i buy the above is it simply a case of putting it together and installing an OS or have i missed anything glaringly obvious (apart from a keyboard and mouse!
)?
All info and feedback appreciated.
Thanks
Richard
I am looking to fully embrace the digital age. I was considering a gaming PC however I have given it more thought. I would like a nice looking HTPC to sit under my TV that will allow me to:
-Play my extensive HD movie collection
-Play my extensive itunes collection
-General Pc use (web, excel, Word)
-Run emulators for the following seemlessly (saturn/n64/gamecube etc)
-Be able to play modern Pc games (crysis 2 for example)- however I am not a serious PC gamer. So this will be a rarity.
-Be somewhat "future proof" in terms of the PC industry, i know as soon as its built its out of date. However it should "do" for a couple of years.
Here is what I have come up with:
Computer Case Zalman HD503 (ATX)
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 (4 x 3.7 GHz) AM3 8MB - Black Edition
CPU Heatsink standard
Memory Corsair 8GB XMS3 PC3-10666 1333MHz (2x4GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6450 - 1 GB - (Sapphire) - Silent (PCI-E)
Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M (AMD 760G)
Networking Wireless LAN 54Mbps (PCI)
Power Supply 530W Be Quiet Straight Power - Ultra Low Noise
Hard Drive #1 500 GB SATA-II Samsung (HD502HJ) Spinpoint F3 - Low Noise
Optical Drive #1 LG (BH10LS30) 10x Blu-Ray Re-Writer/Reader & 16x Dual Layer DVD +/-RW Writer - Black (SATA)
Can anyone see any major issues with the above? I have it priced up at the £600 mark IFI build it myself.
I have gone with AMD for costing reasons.
As for HDD capacity- I have all my media on External HDD's so that wont be an issue.
I am a novice- I have installed the odd graphics card etc over the years but never built a PC. So two major questions:
1- Will that graphics card support sound through the HDMI cable directly to my TV? I want it plug and play ideally.
2- If i buy the above is it simply a case of putting it together and installing an OS or have i missed anything glaringly obvious (apart from a keyboard and mouse!
)?All info and feedback appreciated.
Thanks
Richard