What would you recommed for a HTPC/Media Streaming PC?

[mjKneafsey]

Budget (including currency): £700-ish

Country: Britain

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media Streaming, Movie watching mainly. General web browsing. Maybe playing some indie games, though that's unlikely

Other details So I want to build a SFF HTPC/Media streaming PC for the living room so I don't have to keep connecting and disconnecting laptops. I feel like Integrated graphics are the way to go at the moment, but don't really know what the best/least worst option is for CPU's with Integrated graphics for this use case is. I know AMD should be releasing their 5000 series APU's soon, but would they be overkill? Is there a cheaper option available now that would meet my needs?

 

[da na]

I'd say get a completely passively cooled system, like a Ryzen 3 3200g, passive heatsink on it, and a gt 710 passive if you want a bit more GPU perf, but for streaming the IGPU should be fine. I recommend a SFF case, and an accompanying sff PSU.

[mjKneafsey]

24 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

I'd say get a completely passively cooled system, like a Ryzen 3 3200g, passive heatsink on it, and a gt 710 passive if you want a bit more GPU perf, but for streaming the IGPU should be fine. I recommend a SFF case, and an accompanying sff PSU.

So would you say something like this would be more than useable? I've added memory in the list, but I already have 16Gb of RAM from when I upgraded my gaming rig, so would be using that. The case isn't a final choice either, just a placeholder.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£87.53 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£97.81 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£79.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£83.98 @ Box Limited)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  (£64.79 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion SFX-L 500 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£124.93 @ Newegg UK)
Total: £659.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-14 20:40 BST+0100

 

[da na]

1 minute ago, mjKneafsey said:

So would you say something like this would be more than useable? I've added memory in the list, but I already have 16Gb of RAM from when I upgraded my gaming rig, so would be using that. The case isn't a final choice either, just a placeholder.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£87.53 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£97.81 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£79.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£83.98 @ Box Limited)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  (£64.79 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion SFX-L 500 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£124.93 @ Newegg UK)
Total: £659.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-14 20:40 BST+0100

 

Yeah I'd say so.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

27 minutes ago, mjKneafsey said:

I feel like Integrated graphics are the way to go at the moment

For your use case, yes.

27 minutes ago, mjKneafsey said:

don't really know what the best/least worst option is for CPU's with Integrated graphics for this use case is.

Basically anything recent and cheap will do.

28 minutes ago, mjKneafsey said:

I know AMD should be releasing their 5000 series APU's soon, but would they be overkill?

Yup.

25 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

I'd say get a completely passively cooled system

I'm biased, but I love the idea of going with something passive. I have an Akasa Euler case that I use with my HTPC. The case itself is the heatsink.