HTPC Build

[hawthorne]

Hello,

 

Planning on buying this build for a htpc. 

Still thinking about it though. 

 

• case - £36 M350 Universal Mini-ITX Enclosure
• mobo - £70 ASRock FM2A78M
• ram -  £30 4gb
• proccesser - £80 AMD A10 5800K Black Edition 
• CPU cooler - £38 Noctua NH-L9a
• psu - £30 http://www.mini-itx.com/store/psu?c=10#picoPSU-89
• power - £brick  40 http://www.mini-itx.com/store/psu?c=10#picoPSU-90
• ssd - £35 60gb kingston.             
• Total  £359  

 

This computer will be used streaming tv and movies, not games, yet. 

 

Any feedback is welcome. 

 

Thanks 

[DarrenP]

Hello,

 

Planning on buying this build for a htpc. 

Still thinking about it though. 

 

• case - £36 M350 Universal Mini-ITX Enclosure
• mobo - £70 ASRock FM2A78M
• ram -  £30 4gb proccesser  80 AMD A10 5800K Black Edition 
• CPU cooler - £38 Noctua NH-L9a
• psu - £30 http://www.mini-itx.com/store/psu?c=10#picoPSU-89
• power - £brick  40 http://www.mini-itx.com/store/psu?c=10#picoPSU-90
• ssd - £35 60gb kingston.             
• Total  £359  

 

This computer will be used streaming tv and movies, not games, yet. 

 

Any feedback is welcome. 

 

Thanks 

You're missing a CPU. What's your total budget?

[Chris is awesome]

You're missing a CPU. What's your total budget?

I think the CPU is on the same line as the RAM.

[hawthorne]

I think the CPU is on the same line as the RAM.

correct, i messed up the formatting. 

[hawthorne]

You're missing a CPU. What's your total budget?

fixed

[Erik4boss]

fixed

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£68.39 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£34.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (£73.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.72 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£35.52 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Silverstone GD05B-USB3.0 (Black) HTPC Case  (£76.86 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics) 

Total: £369.71

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-14 17:54 BST+0100)

 

save some cash by removing the cooler. this will make the system quite loud though.

[Cubit481]

fixed

i think u should get a asus or msi mobo instead, it will probably be running for a long time and for that asus or msi are best...

[hawthorne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor (£68.39 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£73.22 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£61.72 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£35.52 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Silverstone GD05B-USB3.0 (Black) HTPC Case (£76.86 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics)

Total: £369.71

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-14 17:54 BST+0100)

save some cash by removing the cooler. this will make the system quite loud though.

that's massive! Looking for something a bit smaller.