Spec me a HTPC

[Xire]

Hi guys,

This is probably relevant in the home cinema section but as its a spec me thread thought it would be ok here.

I have become bored of my raspberry pi and have decided its time to invest in a HTPC with more oompfh!

Now I have never built one before so thought it would be best to get a general idea of specs with your help

Budget: £350 minimal internal storage needed, no OS required

Any help would be great

 

[Danny75]

Here are a couple of options. Case is on pre-order but looks interesting. Has been designed to be mounted either horizontally or vertically.

Intel:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt £66.95
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Module (GD34GB1600C11SC) £31.99
Total : £353.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).




AMD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £79.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt £66.95
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £49.99
1 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Single Module (P34G211UR) £37.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
Total : £350.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Optional slimline DVD re-writer with slimline SATA:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99




If you don't actually need a HTPC style case and could go with a micro-ATX case for example, there would be more options and more bang for buck.

 

[altrewin]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
Total : £273.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).


___
Another option is something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel NUC DC3217BY Intel Core i3 Ivybridge Barebones Micro PC £179.99
1 x Kingston SSDNOW 60GB mSATA Solid State Drive (SMS200S3/60G) £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Plug and Play 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz - KHX1600C9S3P1K2/4G £37.99
Total : £280.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).


___
Or a similarly specced/priced Zotac Zbox

 

[Xire]

Thanks for the input guys

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
Total : £273.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).


___

Quite like this. Think I would perhaps up the processor maybe. Are they relatively easy to build considering the size?

I have also noticed no specs have GPU's, is onboard sufficient?

 

[Cleanthes]

..