Spec me a HTPC

Bigmonty · 20 Mar 2013 at 17:58

Hi,

I was going to be buying a Zotac ID83 for around £380 and just thought Id come here first to see if someone could give me an example of build that might rival its specs for a similar price.

Any help appreciated.

Doomedspeed · 20 Mar 2013 at 17:59

You need any periphals or OS?

loltim · 20 Mar 2013 at 18:13

Do you have a NAS? Raspberry pi. Nice and cheap

Bigmonty · 20 Mar 2013 at 18:18

No peripherals or OS needed.

Bigmonty · 20 Mar 2013 at 18:19

Also I do already have a NAS of sorts - I use Unraid.

My dad had a Rasp Pi but I like running XBMC with the best skin which is too graphic intensive for Aeon Nox.

Bigmonty · 21 Mar 2013 at 09:55

Slight bump - any help appreciated.

Akagi · 21 Mar 2013 at 13:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £68.99
1 x Asus BC-12B1ST BluRay-Rom / DVD-RW Drive OEM £63.98
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £56.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £55.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Alpenföhn Panorama CPU Cooler(Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £19.99
Total : £481.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Sorry, went over... Currently in a lecture so I will try harder when I can get away with it

I think i had the wrong idea in mind haha.

I made the assumption that you would want blu-ray and plenty of storage. And that you would want it in an HTPC style case, and you would want it to be quiet.

R088ieS86 · 21 Mar 2013 at 13:59

The Sapphire EDGE collection maybe a nice thought as well.

Depends how much CPU grunt you need / what you'll be doing with it?
Just watching videos off your NAS or will you store the locally?

Akagi · 21 Mar 2013 at 14:17

R088ieS86 said:
The Sapphire EDGE collection maybe a nice thought as well.

Depends how much CPU grunt you need / what you'll be doing with it?
Just watching videos off your NAS or will you store the locally?

Look at the specs on this little beaut. Not bad, not bad at all. For such a small system

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-004-SP&groupid=43&catid=2502&subcat=2510

Bigmonty · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:56

acme15 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £68.99
1 x Asus BC-12B1ST BluRay-Rom / DVD-RW Drive OEM £63.98
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £56.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £55.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Alpenföhn Panorama CPU Cooler(Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £19.99
Total : £481.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Sorry, went over... Currently in a lecture so I will try harder when I can get away with it

I think i had the wrong idea in mind haha.

I made the assumption that you would want blu-ray and plenty of storage. And that you would want it in an HTPC style case, and you would want it to be quiet.

Thanks for the effort

I do want it to be quiet, but I have storage and bluray covered elsewhere.

Bigmonty · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:57

acme15 said:
Look at the specs on this little beaut. Not bad, not bad at all. For such a small system

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-004-SP&groupid=43&catid=2502&subcat=2510

Yeah was looking at these yesterday. They do compare favourably in reviews.

Akagi · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:48

I tried again and came up with this, but I recon that little gem of a Sapphire

D) would be a better option because of the stronger graphical side of the APU. Im not sure how a 1.6GHz quad core compares to a 3.4GHz dual core for HTPC use though.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Streacom Nano 150w HTPC Power Supply/Adapter £77.99
1 x Streacom ST-F7CB EVO HTPC Aluminium Case - Black £74.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £68.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x TOSHIBA TS-T633 8x Slim SLOT IN DVD±RW DL Drive - OEM £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £25.99
1 x Akasa Low Profile AMD AK-CC1101EP02 CPU Cooler - 80 mm (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £9.98
Total : £399.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

Bigmonty · 22 Mar 2013 at 08:27

Thanks for the advice - much appreciated.

After reading some reviews I decided to go for the Sapphire, quite good that I just reached 100 posts for the free shipping