Thanks for looking in, the situation is that I built my first HTPC a few years ago and have a nice if big Silverstone LC10B-M case (ATX) that I want to reuse. The bits inside were just ones I had spare at the time so it wasnt very well thought out or anything.
What I want to do is upgrade everything inside the case so I can have a nice HTPC that will run 1080p mkv files, bluray movies etc. I was planning on running XBMC with Aeon which looks nice, I havent played with it yet but it looks like a good bit of software.
The PC wont be used for anything else apart from media as I have a gaming PC uptairs.
So basically I would like some ideas for what to put inside.
I need a bluray drive thats a no brainer, I was thinking of using onboard graphics, maybe an 880G chipset ?
paramount to this build will be the noise, want it to be as quiet as possible so I need a quiet CPU cooler and a quiet PSU, I really only want to use 1 case fan, probably volt modded.
I was going to go with an Origen M10 case as they look gorgeous but I just cant justify the expense. As for the bits inside, I just want something that will do the job and be quiet so not worried about cost yet. Not sure if I should go for a large internal HDD with some quiet screws and mounts or play from my 2GB Western Digital external drive.
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Chris
What I want to do is upgrade everything inside the case so I can have a nice HTPC that will run 1080p mkv files, bluray movies etc. I was planning on running XBMC with Aeon which looks nice, I havent played with it yet but it looks like a good bit of software.
The PC wont be used for anything else apart from media as I have a gaming PC uptairs.
So basically I would like some ideas for what to put inside.
I need a bluray drive thats a no brainer, I was thinking of using onboard graphics, maybe an 880G chipset ?
paramount to this build will be the noise, want it to be as quiet as possible so I need a quiet CPU cooler and a quiet PSU, I really only want to use 1 case fan, probably volt modded.
I was going to go with an Origen M10 case as they look gorgeous but I just cant justify the expense. As for the bits inside, I just want something that will do the job and be quiet so not worried about cost yet. Not sure if I should go for a large internal HDD with some quiet screws and mounts or play from my 2GB Western Digital external drive.
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Chris