HTPC build

[gropingmantis]

Hmm looking around for 2.5" 1tb 7200 rpm drives seams to be limited, i mite have to rethink my case.. what ya reckon?

No such thing I am afraid. It's 5400 or nothing at that capacity.

The only SB chip worth getting over the E-350 if you only use onboard graphics is the i3-2105 as that has the HD3000 graphics which are better than the HD 6310 on the E-350 but the standard HD2000 gets trounced by the E-350.

 

[timciren]

No such thing I am afraid. It's 5400 or nothing at that capacity.

The only SB chip worth getting over the E-350 if you only use onboard graphics is the i3-2105 as that has the HD3000 graphics which are better than the HD 6310 on the E-350 but the standard HD2000 gets trounced by the E-350.

750gb is a much cheaper 2.5" option

A SB mobo gives you an upgrade option with minimal hassle and HD2000 is good enough for most apart from 3D I think

 

[Destroyer^]

problem with the 750 Gb is what happens when i fill that up, i would eitgher have to save the files onto my PC and share them to the HTPC or delete some which i dont want to do.. i think i mite need to get a different case to allow me to get a 3.5 hdd

 

[Destroyer^]

Changed my mind about the case and going to go for a SilverStone Grandia GD04 SST-GD04B Black HTPC Case instead as i can put in a nice 1 TB drive and a standard size blu-ray player drive. I am still debating either the i3 or the AMD E-350 but unless i end up installing linux on it i cant see a problem? (i hear linux prfers nvidia cards)

It will also be displaying on a 50" TV, would this effect me needing a decent card?

 

[vanandjuanunited]

My set up as below
Silverstone ML03
Asus E35M1-I Deluxe
4GB Ram
Slim bluray drive
64 GB ssd
2TB F4
Psu Corsair 620w (overkill Iknow but it was a spare I had)

Case hass room for a further 2.5in and 3.5in drive

Has played everything I have thrown at it so far
Blurays
MKV's
Xvid
Using a Epson tw3200 projector for a 130in screen