Spec me a HTPC?

MarkJr

MarkJr

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My father would like a PC to plug in to a projector and show on a widescreen, also to do occasional gaming on the projector for some reason, he will be playing BO II and other stuff like that, low setting etc...
 
What sort of budget do you have in mind?

EDIT: Might be over or under budget, but this is a rough guide. Will play BO2 fine at low settings.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £52.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £463.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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I got my Dad to have a look at this, he says he want's Intel, he says he trusts them more, I'll get that in his basket and replace it with a i5 3570K and a nice Gigabyte mobo and a 3TB Green drive, thanks for the help man!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £93.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £647.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Possibly something like this then?
However, what you said suggests that the i5 will be overkill for his needs. For general use and gaming at low settings I'd highly suggest a Trinity build.
 
Not really, it's also going to be for light gaming, he does a lot of business stuff as well, already got another monitor, and we like to watch a ton of movies, and we already have a NAS 6TB with billions of movies on it, this isn't really overkill.
 
Tbf you said light gaming. And where did I say OMG?
You seem to have taken offence to the fact that I said your set up sounds cool.
So, in summary, it hasn't escalated at all! :)
 
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