Small and silent for the living room - help required please

[SimonT]

Hi,

Just finishing off decorating the living room and interested in having a small computer fitted beside the TV in order to have internet access and somewhere to store and watch movies from. Ideally it needs to be quiet and not give off any flashing LED lights or distractions.

I've only ever built some basic ATX systems before and never with AMD so the reason i've listed Intel. Totally open to going to AMD but unsure where to look and what to look at.

List so far:

Case: Raijintek Metis Black no window
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular
Motherboard: Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX
CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

- No OS is required.
- Considering the Antec ISK 310 case. Is a 150w PSU enough for the above?
- Cost around £300-350 but can be moved
- Wifi required but never added before to any system so unsure
- Recommendations on wireless keyboards and a mouse would be appreciated too.

If i have a Windows 7 CD could i install this using an external CD drive once this system is assembled or would it not read from the USB that early on?

Thanks

 

[SimonT]

Ok, i've been browsing a few threads and sites and come up with the below. Please could those who are more experienced than me let me know their opinions on this. Reasons for the spec are for longevity and performance if i use the components for anything more serious. I also chose that motherboard as need HDMI for the TV and it has built in WIFI as my router is not in my living room.

Case: Antec ISK300 Mini-ITX inc. 150w PSU
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI AMD A88X Socket FM2+ Mini-ITX
CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz Socket FM2 APU Richland Dual Core
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel
SSHD: Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Optical: Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline DVD-RW SATA

Edited to add this into the mix:


Case: Antec ISK300 Mini-ITX inc. 150w PSU
Motherboard: MSI H97I AC Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570S 2.90GHz Low Power (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
SSHD: Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Optical: Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline DVD-RW SATA

Thoughts?

 

[SimonT]

I've just realised with the thread title saying silent and the recommendations for the AM1 CPU. I can live with low levels of fan noise if performance was available whenever needed.