HTPC for my dad.

[Ishenferi]

My dad's been talking about getting a computer for a while now, and when I saw him looking at a Mac Pro I flipped my shit. He's always trying to buy the best gadgets but I had to sit him down and explain that $2800 is about five times more than he needs to spend. So he wants a part list, and I'd like to help him out.

I'll set the budget at about $700-$1000, though I doubt I'll hit that cap. It's just going to be used as an HTPC, streaming movies from my mom's computer. He wants wifi and Bluetooth, no disc drive, three USBs total with two on the front, he wants it to be small and black, but stylish. It also needs to plug into his tv.

He wants some storage, so I figured a decent 64-128GB SSD with a 1-2TB hard drive. He just wants it to be fast and quiet. Any ideas for a list of parts? The smaller you guys can make this, the better.

[cesrai]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($86.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.37 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $600.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 14:10 EST-0500

[Ishenferi]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($86.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.37 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $600.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 14:10 EST-0500

 

 

That's not really what I'm looking for. Maybe parts that fit a Silverstone ML04B or something of that size.

[NexusRed]

Maybe this might be a little better?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($104.81 @ DirectCanada) 

CPU Cooler: Scythe BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B 45.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.80 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($114.90 @ Canada Computers) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($88.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Case: Silverstone ML04B HTPC Case  ($74.99 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $642.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 15:42 EST-0500