options for my htpc

SGWills

SGWills

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Looking at building a cheap-ish HTPC to put in to my games room, record the football etc general streaming of music and films, how does the below list spec up ?
only a quick list so some compatibilty issue may show thru also no memory is showing as a i got quite a selection to pick from in the house :)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34)
Silverstone Lascala LC13B HTPC Case - Black £76.99 (£90.46)
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (Low Profile Compatible) - Retail £49.99(£58.74)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99 (£58.74)
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99 (£70.49)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 470W Power Supply £44.99 (£52.86)
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35411) £30.99(£36.41) x 2 . £61.98 (£72.82)
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - OEM £56.99
(£66.96)
Sub Total : £442.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £79.43
Total : £533.29
 
Unless you are looking to game on your HTPC as well then the graphics card is overkill.

the board suggested with the 780G chipset will do Bluray decoding with a sempron so don't worry about the fact that the graphics are integrated. Would second that as a recommendation.
 
if you want an lc13, make sure its the new lc13-e (which is still black) and not the old lc13-b. the old-b is based on an outdated chassis that had poor airflow using smallerr fans, the new 13-e is the same chassis as the lc17 which is far better at everything:)

agree with the onboard 3450 also, more than enough for a htpc unless your planning on making it a gaming rig as well.
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34)
Silverstone Lascala LC13B HTPC Case - Black £76.99 (£90.46)
Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H AMD 780G (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £55.99 (£65.79)
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (Low Profile Compatible) - Retail £49.99 (£58.74)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 470W Power Supply £44.99 (£52.86)
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35411) £30.99 (£36.41)
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - OEM £56.99
(£66.96)
Sub Total : £388.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £69.98
Total : £469.85


so bundle that with a TV tuner card and im good to go ? ? ? plus as the above states (ninja edit) the newer version of the case :)
 
oh if it is the newer version then you're good to go, it'll make an excellent case :) all looks good to me mate :) i would consider replacing all the fans with sharkoon silent eagles though, they work very well in my lc17b :)
 
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