Hi All,
Im putting together a water cooled HTPC with a Prodidgy case and I've got most of the stuff apart from the mobo/CPU/gfx combo.
Most likely I wont have the budget to get the gfx in there and Im not sure if I really need it at the mo.
The primary purpose of it is to act as a HTPC movie/web machine connected my my TV and networked to a movie storage
I have a gaming rig with Z68, 2500K and 7950 WF3 so Im covered here and I dont intend to play games on the HTPC at the moment.
I'm just wondering then what sort of cpu/mobo combo would work well with for this.
Id rather stick to intel CPUs as my CPU block is with intel brackets already.
I have a LAN cable available so no real need for extra WIFI etc.
Sound is going to go through my amp/hifi via HDMI so sound card is not a real concern either.
My theme is red/black though so something matching would be good.
I'm thinking about MSI Z87I + i5-4430 to be a bit future proof and price wise i3 doesnt make sense to me.
Or I could upgrade to 3570K on the main rig and move 2500K to HTPC...
What are your thoughts?
Thanks!
Im putting together a water cooled HTPC with a Prodidgy case and I've got most of the stuff apart from the mobo/CPU/gfx combo.
Most likely I wont have the budget to get the gfx in there and Im not sure if I really need it at the mo.
The primary purpose of it is to act as a HTPC movie/web machine connected my my TV and networked to a movie storage
I have a gaming rig with Z68, 2500K and 7950 WF3 so Im covered here and I dont intend to play games on the HTPC at the moment.
I'm just wondering then what sort of cpu/mobo combo would work well with for this.
Id rather stick to intel CPUs as my CPU block is with intel brackets already.
I have a LAN cable available so no real need for extra WIFI etc.
Sound is going to go through my amp/hifi via HDMI so sound card is not a real concern either.
My theme is red/black though so something matching would be good.
I'm thinking about MSI Z87I + i5-4430 to be a bit future proof and price wise i3 doesnt make sense to me.
Or I could upgrade to 3570K on the main rig and move 2500K to HTPC...
What are your thoughts?
Thanks!
