help with a htpc

ok so this is what i have for my final build. final thing is cooling. im guessing that the stock cpu fan will be to be so any one suggest the best to fit in this case? and do you think i will need any other fans?

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1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
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The cooler I linked to in post #6, is a decent cooler and will fit nicely inside the Milo.
Also, I noticed you hav`nt included an OS.
 
honosuseri said:
I would personally consider using the windows 8 enterprise (evaluation) edition for free on a 3 month trial. I could then put some of that cash into getting a decent gaming GPU for the HTPC for more demanding titles. With MS releasing Windows Blue later this year holding off on buying an OS might not be such a bad idea after all ;)
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fig i would try out win 8 for a few months and see if they like it and then go from there on buying an OS licence. i also fig you can watch bluray through a good freeware????
 
Playing Blu-Ray discs in Windows 8 using VLC media player said:
Blu-ray discs don't play natively in Windows 8, and as a result you'll have to install software to play blu-ray discs if you have a blu-ray drive connected to your Windows 8 system. Below are instructions on how to setup VLC (aka VideoLAN) for free blu-ray disc playback. There are instructions on how to do this scattered across the Internet, but they tend to leave a few things out as well as not clarify what versions you need under certain system configurations.

If you are using the 64-bit Windows 8 OS then download and install the 64-bit version of VLC:
Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/last/win64/

If you are using the 32-bit Windows 8 OS then download and install the 32-bit version of VLC:
Download VLC media player from SourceForge.net

(Using the 32-bit VLC software to playback blu-ray on the 64-bit OS doesn't work at the time of this posting).

Hold down the Windows key and press R to open the Run window. In the run window type: %appdata%
In the directory that opens create a new folder titled: aacs
go to the VLC Blu-Ray website
Download the KEYDB.cfg file and save it in the aacs folder you created earlier

If you are running the 64-bit Windows 8 OS then download the 64-bit libaacs.dll file
and save it in the in the VLC directory.
(On my system that's E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC because I have an ssd and hdd, and I installed the 64-bit VLC to my hard drive which is E:\. For most people it would be C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC)

If you are running the 32-bit Windows 8 OS then download the 32-bit libaacs.dll file
and save it in the VLC directory.
(For most people this will be C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC).

Now launch VLC, select the Media tab, Open Disc, click the blu-ray button and your blu-ray (assuming you put the disc in your drive ) (Leave No Menu checked - currently VLC blu-ray playback doesn't support menus).

If your video loads up with menu bars at the top or bottom (or it opens two video windows) then right click on the video, select Video , then change Video track from Track 2 to disabled. The video window will close, but the VLC media player window will still be open and displayed. On that window click on the video tab, select Video Track, and then select Track 1. Double-click on the video, and your blu-ray video should be running full screen. (Hopefully VLC will patch the video track bugs).

There you go free blu-ray disc playback.
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Hopefully this does not break any forum rules as VLC is open source and its just adding codecs
 
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sweet thank you guys gonna go with that fan as i want to make sure once i give my mate the HTPC i wont need to worry about it any more. and thank you for info on software will look into that one and see how it fairs once i built my system
 
so this will be my final build will order it on pay day and will post pic of it once its finished

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £59.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Thermalright AXP-100 ITX & HTPC CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £39.95
1 x TT eSports Black Gaming Mouse £28.98
1 x OcUK Bluetooth Keyboard (8280BT) £19.99
Total : £519.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
jaxlad said:
so this will be my final build will order it on pay day and will post pic of it once its finished

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £59.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Thermalright AXP-100 ITX & HTPC CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £39.95
1 x TT eSports Black Gaming Mouse £28.98
1 x OcUK Bluetooth Keyboard (8280BT) £19.99
Total : £519.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Why a bluetooth keyboard may I ask?

Get a normal keyboard and a remote!
 
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