small form factor hardware,

[neil3k]

Hi Guys,

Am after a media PC to sit under my TV in the living room and would like a blu-ray player in it.

Can you guys spec me a media pc that will have a fair amount of storage and be able to play blu-rays/dvd's

cheap as possible.

thanks,

 

[RJC]

Is this any use, 2tb for storage can add more & 320gb for OS.

Case not sure, what are your dimensions.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case - Silver £138.88
(£115.73) £138.88
(£115.73)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
(£48.32) £57.98
(£48.32)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £413.99
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £85.30
Total : £511.79

 

[anuraj]

Do you want to write blu ray

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case - Black £138.88
(£115.73) £138.88
(£115.73)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUK) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Sub Total : £330.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £68.63
Total : £411.80

this case - http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTIwMw==

 

[neil3k]

not really bothered about writing blu ray just reading

 

[Cookeh]

Wouldn't a dedi graphics card help?

Not sure if onboard can do bluray - please correct me if wrong though, I confess to knowing little about bluray playback.

 

[stulid]

you could be right Cookeh - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards.html

but then this- http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/05/24/amd-880g-graphics-performance-review/7

 

[neil3k]

in addition what os do i need?

 

[stulid]

anything that also includes media center, so win7, but not home basic version.

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/windows-media-center/

 

[RJC]

I used Vista HP on my media center.

Have a search for Nvidia Ion pc which are good for these types of setups.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/sff_ion.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_72770.html