PSU & GPU for media centre.

TheSgtDK · 10 Jan 2014 at 08:47

I have some old parts just gathering dust so thought i might aswell make some use out of them and make a HTPC.

Intel E8500
Asus P5Q Deluxe
4gb Corsair Dominator
Antec 900 case
120gb OCZ Vertex 2 SSD

Never built something designed just for movies before so not sure how powerful the PSU and GPU needs to be. I'm guessing it should only come to around about £60-100 for what I need though.

All that is required is 1080p playback without problems and HDMI.

DaleTheWhale · 10 Jan 2014 at 08:49

AMD 240/250 & a BeQuiet 400-500 watt.

pastymuncher · 10 Jan 2014 at 08:53

You could probably get away with a AMD HD6450 at £30 along with this Superflower 350w gold rated psu at £45. The psu is easily more than that would need. I ran a E8500 clocked to 4.5Ghz and a HD5770 easily on a 375w Enermax.

TheSgtDK · 10 Jan 2014 at 10:22

Thanks for the replies