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High quality speaker cables are snake oil. Literally buy any cheap spool of cable.
https://www.soundguys.com/cable-myths-reviving-the-coathanger-test-23553/
 
But I will be honest and admit I've spent tons of extra money on nice banana plug cables.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=ghentaudio&store_cat=0&store_name=ghentaudio&_oac=1&_nkw=banana

I recommend the KEF Q150 to most of my friends for the incredible price to performance. Sooo I agree with this setup lol.
I think you're overpaying for that receiver - it seems to be 30% off in most places around me (east coast, USA).
 
You really don't need to worry about a center channel - having great stereo will result in a great phantom center. I've been doing audiophile 2.1 for over a decade and I've never once had problems hearing dialogue. Among my friends (25yr-31yr) I notoriously have a hard time understand song lyrics and movie dialogue.

The resell price of speakers is LOW. Think like... half of their on sale price. Note that Klipsch's "regular" price is ~2x their on sale price (and MUCH of the time they're on sale)

Also, as a warning many of the older Klipsch speakers had a "show room" sound signature. Think exaggerated highs and lows and reduced mids. This sells well, especially if you're demoing at NOT super loud volumes BUT this type of sound signature gets annoying/fatiguing during extended listening periods. The newer Klipsch speakers are usually closer to neutral. As a rule of thumb assume somewhat lower sound quality for Klipsch speakers (horn speakers are slightly more distorted, they do get louder and last a bit longer) at a given price point. Not a huge amount but something to keep in the back of your head. 

 

Meh price ish.
 
The 160m's went as low as 200 usd and the 250 similar so you aren't getting that great of a deal.
 
I'd for sure try going way lower.
 
If they come with the stand that would be a nice bonus.
 
But speakers are niche and usually I get amazing deals on audio equipment since it's a slow seller as most people just opt for bt speaker or smart speaker because sound things are cheap so why pay extra for bigger more cumbersome options? 😛

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/TFFGrr

yeah, no point getting a 12c server for just mc, unless you want to run 12 servers really. A 5600x or 11600k would demolish one of those old xenons for a mc server

both of these fit well into you not caring about power consumption as these are crazy power hogs but they will also sound like a jet engine constantly so its not really what you wanna get.
 
Also a minecraft server cares a lot more about single core performance then having many cores so getting any more modern CPU with less cores is not only going to be quieter but its also going to provide you much better performance for your server.

Looks decent, I'm not sure if there are any 120hz or 144hz 4k displays that are less than $400.

No.
 
But if you're wondering which you should go for, Probably 1440/144Hz like an LG GN850. 

Speakers:
 
For speakers, I'd take a look at the Bowers & Wilkins 606 bookshelf/standmount loudspeakers. B&W stuff sounds great, but these speakers have a fairly low minimum impedance, and pretty average sensitivity, so will need a somewhat beefy amplifier with decent current for those low impedance dips.
 
https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-ca/home-audio/606
 
 
Amplifier/source:
 
As you want an amplifier that has decent output at lower impedances, a Yamaha A-S301 should do you well. Has an optical input which is ideal for TV use, as the TV can handle all the inputs then just spit its audio out to the Yamaha unit. Also rated for the impedance of the speakers and is slightly warmer sounding, as most Yamaha stuff is, which will help tame the ever so slightly edgy (to some people, Personally I think it's fine) treble of the speaker's.
 
Cables:
 
All we need is an optical cable, and a pair of speaker cable. Micca make some great cable which looks nice, is pretty thick and will last a decent while. Also uses banana plugs so are really easy to connect up to everything.
 
https://www.amazon.ca/haut-parleur-cuivre-fiches-bananes-plaquées/dp/B078SBL7JM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=micca%2Bcable&qid=1591144644&sr=8-1&th=1
 
Alternatively, Amazon make some cheap cable. About twice as cheap, makes no difference to the sound.
 
https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-Speaker-Cable-Gold-Plated-Banana/dp/B07FDB34ZR/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=micca+cable&qid=1591144705&sr=8-3
 
Any old optical cable will work:
 
https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-Digital-Optical-Audio-Toslink/dp/B00NH11H38/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=amazon+basics+optical&qid=1591144726&sr=8-1

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/hRLKQq
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.75 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.05 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($162.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial BX500 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($35.75 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB MECH OC Video Card  ($389.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: Rosewill TYRFING ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2480 23.8" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor  ($159.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Redragon K551-RGB VARA Wired Standard Keyboard  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1491.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-23 13:27 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $259.75 @ Vuugo Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.05 @ Vuugo Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $88.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage ADATA XPG SX8100 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $89.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $389.99 @ Memory Express Case Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $99.99 @ Corsair Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $92.99 @ Amazon Canada Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $309.99 @ Amazon Canada   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total (before mail-in rebates) $1480.74   Mail-in rebates -$40.00   Total $1440.74   Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-23 13:12 EDT-0400    

Plex is nice, with as little as Ive played around with it. Antenna wise, you should check to see where your TV stations are located. That is how to determining on how good of an antenna you need. Also, keep in mind outdoor antennas are miles better, but they are not for every one. My family uses individual indoor antennas on each TV. The higher the antenna the better reception you should get in most cases. Though I have notice that on nice sunny days, some times channels dont come in, so thats a thing. NAS wise it depends on features I would say. I know some NAS's offer Plex server built in, so I would say look for something like that. You pretty much hit the money on the network tv tuner. 
 
My family uses antennas on each TV. We get maybe 40 stations depending on the TV. We sub to PlayStation VUE, its ok, but Sony's servers can suck some times. We also sub to Netflix. Depending on your ISP depends on how well streaming will work out. Comcast our ISP has a 1 TB cap, while there is an unlimited option its $50 USD, so we just stick with what we got. 

save a few bucks by getting a used case on the cheap. lots of good cases out there for like 10 bucks or less. That is unless you really care about aesthetics and want a certain look.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($256.50 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($80.00 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card  ($187.99 @ PC Canada) 
Case: DIYPC - Ranger-R4-R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $709.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Only thing you need is a OS which you can pick up on Kinguin for $20-$30 usd.

you could, but while running, it would be like having 2 pentium 4xxxxs running, bottlenecking the cards.
 
it would probably be better to get a cheap pc off of ebay or craigslist for him

not really, two cores with no hyperthreading dosent make for a great gameing experience in anything. not worth it in the slightest, and you would be better off grabbing some old I5 machine from ebay and throwing in a GTX 680 or something

Get the AMD system with this monitor
 
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/W3yxFT/viewsonic-monitor-vx2457mhd

AMD
PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/LZgNHN
 
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($280.25 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8GB PULSE Video Card  ($332.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Inwin - 301 Black MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1021.72
 
 
Intel
PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/36vCnn
 
CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($92.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: PNY - Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($111.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($339.00 @ shopRBC) 
Case: Rosewill - NAUTILUS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1072.95
 
 
Lol, AMD is sooooo much better here
 
(not including storage because OP has a build already and keeping storage is a good idea)

It has both HDMI and composite (RCA) outputs so it'll work with any TV, here's the composite cable.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2881
 
The RPi3 will play most common video formats, I even got 1080p h265 files to play smooth with a little overclocking but if you're using RCA cables you're limited to 480p.
 

The USB port on the Express is only for power, the only current model that supports local USB playback is the Ultra.  If you don't want to spend much look into a Raspberry Pi.

This is a form of artifacting and happens when the Games API doesn't match up with the one in your driver.  (typically)
 
it can also be a sign of a much more serious problem, like failing memory.
 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NMv6YJ
 
or
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bRv6YJ
 
You can take out the optical drive and also add more RAM/ do what you think would be better.
 
With peripherals- 
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Xvj4yc
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3gBDBm

Hello Folks,
My Parents need a new computer badly so i was wondering if i could save them some money and help build them a super cheap computer.
Location: Canada
Budget: As little as possible
Monitor: can run any resolution
Peripherals: Need a keyboard, mouse, and cheap smaller than 24" monitor
Reason For Upgrade: they are using a really old computer
Uses: Every day internet use, very light video converting ex. converting a .mkv to .mp3 so i can be added to itunes
OS not needed.
Thank you for the assistance!

This might help.