OrigenAE M10 spec me

Deep · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:11

Ahoy ladies(ha!) and Gentlemen,

My brother is going to build a HTPC and he, like I, have fallen in love with the OrigenAE M10 case.

He doesn't game, the only things he will be using the HTPC for will be general internet, youtube, streaming MKV's, downloading files and watching MKV's off an external hard drive.

He will only need a 200gb hard drive at most.

So can you lot give a cheap, powerful (enough) spec please?
Budget will be around 600 to 650

Thanks!

Deep · 7 Mar 2011 at 22:40

Marvin said:
Does the £600 include the case, O/S, peripherals? I'm guessing he'll be using a TV, so no screen, but is a mobile keyboard/remote needed? How much are you factoring for the case?

He already has a wireless keyboard he wants to use, no other accessories are needed really. Also the case comes with a remote

Robbie G said:
Just dropping in to say this case is utter sex, and if I couldn't get something that did the same job for about 50, I'd be sorely tempted .

I think if it was 100 quid cheaper they'd sell loads

Deep · 7 Mar 2011 at 22:47

Oh and for OS I think he already has windows 7 for that

Deep · 8 Mar 2011 at 12:09

Marvin said:
Is the £600 including the case or not? Are we looking at £600 worth of hardware inside the case, or including the case? If the latter, how much is the case (so something like £250 worth of actual hardware)?

Oh crap sorry.

£650 including the case. That basically leaves £300 for the internals

Deep · 8 Mar 2011 at 14:53

Marvin said:
Oh sod, you've stolen my thunder!

Don't worry the input you gave helped me reach our outcome!

Deep · 9 Mar 2011 at 11:42

Guardsmon said:
Add another £300 and get the Asus Deluxe Fusion board when it finally comes out and a 256GB SSD for a totally silent solution

stop with the temptations

I'm still really unsure about how to go about media streaming! Its slowly killing me!

In the living room I will set up Acer Revo with XMBC and linux for the parentals and what not.

In my room I'll go for the HTPC route, and that will be in a few months hopefully. A SSD would be so sweet!

Deep · 9 Mar 2011 at 13:10

Case similar to the M10

I have found this case online, I might end up going for this and spending a touch more on the build when I decide to do it

Deep · 9 Mar 2011 at 15:46

Marvin said:
That is an amazing copy minus the VFD, think that could be quite popular...

Hell, might have to get one myself to finally replace my ancient hi-fi. Mini-ITX with a decent sound card... Hmm...

If you go onto AV Forums, there is a lot more information on the company there.

Just out of interest would you be using an external DAC?

Deep · 9 Mar 2011 at 22:21

Marvin said:
Unfortunately I'm no kind of audiophile, so had to look up what DAC means. Is there a major benefit in one over just using analogue outs on the card? (I guess so, otherwise you wouldn't have one).

To be honest, it won't be anything of über quality, but just a nice replacement with a working DVD/CD drive...

From the reading I've done on them they can be excellent or indifferent.
stuff like DAC magic are supposed to be very good. As long as you have a good system then a DAC is a worthwhile investment

In time I'll end up purchasing one but need to get the bass perfected first.

Deep · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:21

Guardsmon said:
Add another £300 and get the Asus Deluxe Fusion board when it finally comes

Is there any indication of a release date for this board yet?

I will definitely be waiting for this board

Deep · 15 Mar 2011 at 08:53

Right everyone I have decided to wait for the Asus Deluxe motherboard but apart from that my spec will be

Wesena itx7-2
and the power supply that goes with it
Corsair Force 60GB F60 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB2-BRKT) - £95.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual-Channel (CMX4GX3M2A1333C8) - £44.99
Samsung SN-T083C/BEBE 8x DVD±RW Slot loading SATA Drive - OEM - 29.99

That should cover just about everything.
Does that seem ok to everyone? I am a bit unsure about the memory, would it be better to go for 8gb or just stick with 4gb?

Also would it be a good idea to change the case fans in there?

Now we enter the waiting game...

Deep · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:59

domyboy said:
Just bought:

Wesena Mini ITX7-2 Case
Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache
OCZ Vertex SSD
Pico PSU
Sony BluRay slot loading BC-5600S

Will post some pics

Did you buy the Pico PSU from the Wesena site? There is a seller on the Bay that is selling them PicoPSU 120w Power Supply & 90w external PSU.
Would that be adequate or should I get it direct from Wesena?

Deep · 24 Mar 2011 at 13:15

domyboy said:
No, i bought the 130W PSU from the bay, its coming from Canada. Its the one that was reviewed on Silent PC forums. Will email you the link.
It uses 18-24VDC rather than the 12V of the normal Pico PSU's. The 18-24V is better because most laptops have a PSU brick for 19V and i have hundreds of them, so saves me buying a 12V one.

Sweet, thanks mate!