Hi all,
I have decided to invest a bit of money in building a HTPC, and below is my list of hardware that will be used, i want peoples opinion on whether the components will work effectively together and if the total price can be made cheaper:
Case: BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Reason being because it is only to be used for HTPC, hence the smaller size for the case.
Storage: Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - Reason for only the OS, i have a NAS which will be used for storing and viewing from, so just need 1 disk for os and some basic software.
Motherboard: MSI Z87I Gaming AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard - Sounds good, but not sure if anything else is as good at that price.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) - Not much experience with RAM, but sounds good and the colour matches the case.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor- Again not much experience in knowing the detail differences, but this seems good for a HTPC.
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Seems good for multimedia HD.
PSU: Aerocool Strike-X 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Seems enough for the parts.
Cooler: Cooler Master V8GTS 8 Heatpipe Vapor Chamber Dual PWM Fan - Seems cool and no other reason.
I would like to know what people think and if the combination is a good one. The total approx price will be £600, if i can get this lower without compromising the performance for my purpose that would be a result.
Look forward to hearing.
Rgds.,
H
I have decided to invest a bit of money in building a HTPC, and below is my list of hardware that will be used, i want peoples opinion on whether the components will work effectively together and if the total price can be made cheaper:
Case: BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Reason being because it is only to be used for HTPC, hence the smaller size for the case.
Storage: Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - Reason for only the OS, i have a NAS which will be used for storing and viewing from, so just need 1 disk for os and some basic software.
Motherboard: MSI Z87I Gaming AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard - Sounds good, but not sure if anything else is as good at that price.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) - Not much experience with RAM, but sounds good and the colour matches the case.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor- Again not much experience in knowing the detail differences, but this seems good for a HTPC.
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Seems good for multimedia HD.
PSU: Aerocool Strike-X 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Seems enough for the parts.
Cooler: Cooler Master V8GTS 8 Heatpipe Vapor Chamber Dual PWM Fan - Seems cool and no other reason.
I would like to know what people think and if the combination is a good one. The total approx price will be £600, if i can get this lower without compromising the performance for my purpose that would be a result.
Look forward to hearing.
Rgds.,
H
