Building a HTPC

martian_aphid · 11 Jan 2009 at 11:58

Not sure if this is classified small form factor but I was thinking about building a HTPC but not sure how to approach it. Is it basically the same as building a standard pc and what kind of considerations do I need to make for components?

A rough spec would be great too.

Cheers

EDIT: Just spotted the weekly system builds thread has some specs, just some advice on how to approach it would be cool

BTW I will be using a Panasonic TX-37LZD85
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/617729/index.html

martian_aphid · 11 Jan 2009 at 13:18

Thanks for the info guys, as you say 95thrifles I will probably have to shy away from overclocking and I'm ok with that as long as I can get the required performance and also keep it fairly quiet - I won't be using it for gaming so I just need good playback capability so any ideas if onboard will suffice or will I need something like the 4350/4550 or 46XX? That thread looks pretty useful Valo, reading through it now, cheers.

martian_aphid · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:07

Thanks for the advice Conan. So something like the 780G would do the trick paired with a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.60GHz?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Just out of curiosity what would the other 10% of uses include?

martian_aphid · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:28

Cheers, I'll check it out; not that well informed about the G45's onboard graphics.