Hi,
I'm looking at putting together an HTPC in my lounge to serve as a Blu-Ray player and to allow my wife to play some casual World of Warcraft and other little games. It'll be connected via powerline ethernet to my NAS box for music, pictures etc so doesn't need much local storage and obviously being by the main PC I'd like it to be as quiet as possible.
How does the following spec look for this purpose: -
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-3870K 3.00GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3870WNGXBOX) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x ASRock FM1 A75M ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £64.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £59.99
1 x Thermaltake Element Q mini-ITX HTPC Case - 220W Power Supply £56.99
1 x LiteOn IHES112-115 Internal 12x SATA Blu-ray Bulk Combo - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
Total : £444.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).
I wasn't sure if the PSU in that case would be good enough?
I also know that Trinity is due out soon which will make Llano fairly obsolete so I may well wait for that but hopefully the rest of the system can remain the same, just swap the cpu and mb for the newer ones.
Any thoughts or suggestions for improvement would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Ross
I'm looking at putting together an HTPC in my lounge to serve as a Blu-Ray player and to allow my wife to play some casual World of Warcraft and other little games. It'll be connected via powerline ethernet to my NAS box for music, pictures etc so doesn't need much local storage and obviously being by the main PC I'd like it to be as quiet as possible.
How does the following spec look for this purpose: -
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-3870K 3.00GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3870WNGXBOX) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x ASRock FM1 A75M ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £64.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £59.99
1 x Thermaltake Element Q mini-ITX HTPC Case - 220W Power Supply £56.99
1 x LiteOn IHES112-115 Internal 12x SATA Blu-ray Bulk Combo - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
Total : £444.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).
I wasn't sure if the PSU in that case would be good enough?
I also know that Trinity is due out soon which will make Llano fairly obsolete so I may well wait for that but hopefully the rest of the system can remain the same, just swap the cpu and mb for the newer ones.
Any thoughts or suggestions for improvement would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Ross