HTPC Spec Help

coops1992

coops1992

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Hello all,

For a while now ive been streaming movies and music to my TV and surround sound system through my apple TV, but recently its been crashing a lot and apple don't know why. I built my main PC about 9 months ago and now looking at building a separate Home Theatre Media PC. This side of things im very new to. i have all my media stored over a few USB HDD on a network adapter letting them plug straight into my Switch.

Basically what i need is a simple pc that can be connected to my TV or AV Receiver by HDMI or DVI. it need to be almost silent and on a remote control. I have a remote at the moment that uses a usb dongle. If anyone can help spec up a simple system to do this with any of the software i need it would be much appreciated.

Budget is negotiable and not much of an issue. But cheap is the aim, i want to spend a small amount of money to just get the performance needed to run a media extender.

I have a 32"tv and would be aiming for this system to be able to play blu-rays and output at 1080p

any advice and tips for HTCP's would be great too

Kind Regards
Coops1992
 
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desires
Thanks i think i will use XBMC as i use it on my apple tv at the moment.
now just to spec, order and built the HTPC to run XBMC on :P
 
any ideas is the ASUS F1A75-M motherboard would be ok running on a 300w PSU

the case i have found is
- CiT S010BA
OCUK dont sell it but many online retailers do. it comes with a 300w PSU
it has 24pin (i presume) ATX power connection and others
the mobo has 24-pin EATX power connector, will there be conflictbetween the two?
 
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yeah fans are the big issue for me, this wont be hidden away, it will be sitting ontop of my sony ES series AV receiver and underneath a PS3 so it needs a some what, good, aesthetic profile.
 
i have some case research to do for those THANKS
I think ill defiantely go with the Silverstone ML03 as its not to expensive and has USB3.0 on the front*.

can you recommend any RAM to use with the mobo?
 
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Asus F1A75-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
AMD Llano A6-3500 2.40GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Top Flow CPU Cooler (Socket Intel: LGA 775/1155/1156/1366/AMD:AM2/AM2+/AM3/754/939/940/FM1)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply
Silverstone SST-ML03B USB3.0 PC Case
I already have a 2TB HDD

So this is the spec so far, £345, tad more than i thought it would come to. any ideas to shave some pennies off?
 
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