£370 Media PC!

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[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7WrKK8) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7WrKK8/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price

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**CPU** | [intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | £43.19 @ Aria PC

**Motherboard** | [MSI Z97I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97iac) | £91.90 @ Aria PC

**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f317000cl11d8gbxl) | £59.18 @ Ebuyer

**Storage** | [Western Digital BLACK SERIES 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd5000bpkx) | £39.10 @ Ebuyer

**Case** | [bitFenix Colossus Mini Mini ITX Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfccli300kkls1rp) | £61.19 @ Aria PC

**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430m) | £35.41 @ Amazon UK

**Optical Drive** | [Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/pioneer-optical-drive-bdc207dbk) | £39.34 @ Amazon UK

**Other**| Ubuntu/Open ELEC| £0.00

| | **Total**

| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £369.31

| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-29 19:15 BST+0100 |

This should be a decent Media PC with DVD support, Blu Ray support and would be able to function as a normal PC brilliantly.

[Guest]

The only problem I see with that is there is no SSD.

[Zeke]

500 Gb Black series HDD? I'd rather have 2-3 Tb Green or SSD + NAS combo.

[flibberdipper]

A 1TB Barracuda would probably have the best GB/$ ratio. And it would be quieter and just about as fast.

[Held657]

Looks awesome. I would make two minor changes. First I would change the HDD to a 3.5", just because it's faster, bigger and you simply have the space. Second I would think about getting a cheap aftermarket cpu cooler. This is an individual opinion, but I think the Intel boxed cooler is not that quiet.

[Benjio]

If you're not going to be overclocking there is no real reason to get that cpu over any other, not to say that it still wouldn't be a good cpu for your purpose, just thought I should let you know. Also get a different hard drive, if it's going to be a media PC I would think you would want a lot of storage instead of spending the money on a very small speed improvement. I would recommend a Seagate Barracuda.