Newbie Media PC HELP

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Hello,

I am new to media pc's and stuff but I have built pcs before just not in a small factor, sorry if i'm doing something wrong. I am needing a dedicated pc which will stream movies/songs to XBMC from a external HDD (NAS)

Would it be better building a media pc in a small factor case or buy a revo 3700?

What do you think?
What storage is recommended for something that I need?
 
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I would say build one, I'm not a big fan of Atom, but the D525 is dual core. Go with an i3 setup, also the options there to install a Linux distribution to keep costs down.
 
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Revo is good but limited to 2.5" HDD so no big HDDs.

Get an Ion ITX and you can stream to others and run XBMC too ;) MM is your friend!
 
Is this capable for a HTPC?

Lian Li PC-Q08B
Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 Intel H55
Intel Core i3 550 3.20GHz
Corsair XMS3 4GB
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply

and I see many htpc related threads ask what tv turners they should get? what is that good for?
 
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if you get tv tuners you can use your htpc like a sky + box and record tv on it :)

that spec you listed is total overkill for just streaming media and as Methanoid said a dual core atom with ion chipset would be up to that job or if you want a little more ooomph even a skt 775 itx board with something like an e21XX pentium dual core would be ideal.
 
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chipps101 said:
e21XX pentium dual core would be ideal.
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i3 is a dual core, what do you think about this? What PSU is needed to run this system?

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yeah i3 is dual core but way overpowered for you your wanting to do :)

you could get something like the zotac 9300 itx skt 775 board and pick up an e2180 or something similar for £20 second hand :)

even a good quality 400w psu would be fine with that build
 
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