Spec for watching blu ray and surfing the internet.

[jamoor]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Series (OCZ2G8004GK) £64.88
(£56.42) £64.88
(£56.42)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £52.99
(£46.08) £52.99
(£46.08)

OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive - Black (Retail) £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £46.99
(£40.86) £46.99
(£40.86)

Asus P5QPL-AM Intel G41 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)

OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)

Akasa Genesis AK-5004 Midi Tower Case - Black £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £266.80 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £41.52 Total : £318.32

Is this OK? Or is it over specced? It's litereally going to be used for surfing and watching dvds/HD DVDs.

Thanks

 

[cmndr_andi]

This is what I would suggest for that kind of price.

 

[alex24]

The above spec is much better - more efficient and better quality. That board is nice too, and ideal for your needs. I might be tempted to change the case to something a bit nicer though. Depends on your taste mind.

 

[TALON1973]

well i dont get the point of a tower for media centre use tbh .. alwasy thought flat was more practical

my build is in my sig , the sont player i got is an older model ( ive not listed what ) but i prefer a tray to slot as its easier to remove if the drive fails

 

[Th3D0n]

This is what I would suggest for that kind of price.

Be much better with more ram

 

[cmndr_andi]

I agree it would be better in general, but for the required tasks 2GB will happily do the job. I have made a few HTPCs recently and found that 2GB works great and keeps the costs low, this is using Windows 7.

If the OP has the extra £27 on hand - an upgrade wouldn't be a bad idea. But I suggest spending the money on a better case or a 1TB would be a higher priority, possibly even a TV card.

 

[robcat101]

I agree it would be better in general, but for the required tasks 2GB will happily do the job. I have made a few HTPCs recently and found that 2GB works great and keeps the costs low, this is using Windows 7.

If the OP has the extra £27 on hand - an upgrade wouldn't be a bad idea. But I suggest spending the money on a better case or a 1TB would be a higher priority, possibly even a TV card.

Too right! 2 GB is fine for a HTPC even with Vista. Some extra HDD space is much more useful for TV or DVD rips.

 

[Domi]

If it is just for Blu Ray and the internet I am sorry to say but you would be better off with a PS3 and that is considerably cheaper.

Even better if you already have a decent PC to stream to it.