Opinions on this spec

Soldato
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Hi guys,

What do you think to my spec I have got ready to go for a HTPC? I have managed to pick up some parts relatively cheap, but have a little bit of cash to change it a bit if required.

Crucial CT120M500SSD1 2.5-inch 120GB M500 SATA 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-027-CR

Kingston Technology KHX16C9B1B/4 HyperX Series 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL9 DIMM Memory Module - Black

Asus GeForce GT 610 Silent Nvidia Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-312-AS

Asus H81I-PLUS Motherboard (Socket 1150, Intel H81, DDR3, S-ATA 600, Mini ITX, PCI Express 2.0, HDMI, USB 3.0)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-585-AS

Intel Core i3 4130 Dual Core CPU Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-492-IN

Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-298-CM

General opinions? will I have any issues with this? Will be looking to get a Blu Ray Drive at some point.
 
Everything looks fine, if you want something smaller, you can drop both Elite 120 and the PSU and go for SG05 /w 300w PSU, it's only £5 more.

Do you really need the graphics card? The integrated HD 4400 iGPU on the CPU is decent enough.
 
I just looked up the specs, HD 4400 is faster, unless you need something Nvidia specific (CUDA, etc), don't bother with the GPU.

Again, everything looks fine, if you can, double the RAM, more room, 4GB is fine but things can get a bit slow at times.
 
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