Spec Me A HTPC

jrwagh333

jrwagh333

jrwagh333

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Hi, looking into getting a HTPC for the living room.
Have a couple questions.
I need the PC to play BluRays so i need a Bluray drive of course.
But what would be best to play Blurays? a dual or Quad?
Also what will be he best case, and will a normal sized PSU fit in the case ATX 2.2 standard i belive they are called?
Also looking to play 1080P MKV files
Aswell as looking to get 5.1 sound to the Onkyo 605 AMP some how

Also please spec me the whole system if you dont mind

Cheers.
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £63.99
(£73.59) £63.99
(£73.59)
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £59.99
(£68.99) £59.99
(£68.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £46.99
(£54.04) £46.99
(£54.04)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200 2.70GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £45.99
(£52.89) £45.99
(£52.89)
Seasonic Silverpower 400W PSU £39.99
(£45.99) £39.99
(£45.99)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £19.99
(£22.99) £19.99
(£22.99)
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780G chipset does the HD decoding, so the cpu is free

may need soundcard
 
If you only want 5.1 the optical out on the above motherboard is fine for most people. Hard core Audio-types may refute that!
 
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