Decent HTPC / future file server

[Azza666]

Any comments on the below:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-3225 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (55W) - Retail **High Performance IGP** £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Silverstone Grandia GD08 Home Theatre Server Case - Black (SST-GD08B USB 3.0) £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Kingston 60GB SSDNow V+200 Drive SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SVP200S3/60G) £58.99
(£49.16) £58.99
(£49.16)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
OcUK Battle 450W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Sub Total : £379.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £78.34


I will be adding some more storage to the case in the future. But just keeping with the ssd initially.

Any comments gratefully received.

 

[Azza666]

Obviously I'll be adding some cooling to the case. Will a single 120mm fan be enough? Or will I be better with two? I am conscious of noise as its going to be in the living room.

Will the supplied hs&f be sufficient or will I be better with an after market product? Can anyone suggest one which fits in the case I'm after?

Cheers,

Azza

 

[Azza666]

Not so sure about case choice now! Just watched a video review doesn't look like a lot of room!

Can anyone suggest a really good HTPC case?

 

[Azza666]

couldn't wait....

well I couldn't wait any longer and pulled the trigger:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Vector 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTR1-25SAT3-128G) £119.99
1 x Silverstone Grandia GD08 Home Theatre Server Case - Black (SST-GD08B USB 3.0) £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3225 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (55W) - Retail **High Performance IGP** £109.99
1 x ASRock H77 Pro4-M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm (Socket 1150 / 1155 / 1156) £34.99
Total : £536.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Hopefully this will be a good enough HTPC setup.