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Carithus
By Carithus
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Hi everyone, So I was looking into making a media pc that can play videos easily at 1080p without any lag.I don't have much experience with building media pcsso I was wondering if you guys can link me to some builds.Thanks! 

Where are you located and what is your budget?

"Rawr XD"

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Sorry guys, I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and my budget is ideally $500 I was hoping to make it a black/red scheme

Ayyye #CalgaryMasterRace

 

Sadly if you want a good performing PC for $500 around here, you won't really get color matched.

 

If you want a nice black and red PC it'll cost $665

 

 
Motherboard: MSI B85M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.95 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($81.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($155.95 @ Vuugo) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.58 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply  ($34.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $665.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-05 10:59 EST-0500
 
 
 
If you can live without color-matching, you can get one for less then your budget.
 
 
This build will give you upgradability later on, you can add in a graphics card and make a great gaming rig
 
 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($81.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply  ($34.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $473.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-05 11:03 EST-0500

 

 

But if you're not planning to game on it later on and only need a media PC for 1080p video, you can go as low as half your budget

 

 

 

 
CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-MDH Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($29.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.88 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply  ($34.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $255.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-05 11:05 EST-0500

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9x3bxr

this is what happens if you don't give us anything

Best CPU, motherboard, RAM, and SSDs.... trash power supply

"Rawr XD"

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