HTPC Thoughts

[Codymm03]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($60.89 @ OutletPC) 

I AM ADDING SUCH A EXTREME COOLER BECAUSE IT WON'T HAVE  ALOT OF FANS AND IT WON'T BE DOWN MUCH.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.78 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($20.70 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($41.36 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Silverstone GD09B HTPC Case  ($66.60 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.75 @ OutletPC) 

Wired Network Adapter: Intel E1G42ETBLK 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 Network Adapter  ($63.40 @ Amazon) 

Total: $487.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-02 13:23 EDT-0400

 

I need this for a media consumption on a tv.

 

Ill probably add a gpu later

[JeffreyEagan]

Why are you spending that much on an ethernet card. The motherboard has ethernet.

[Bob Jim]

...or for the same price as the Pentium + overclocking board and cooler you could get an i3... Also even for an HTPC, I would stick to 8GB of RAM, from my experience any tiny memory leak/issue and BOOM all gone. Also the SSD is too small and a bad one anyways, go with a Samsung 850 EVO 120GB.

[Codymm03]

Why are you spending that much on an ethernet card. The motherboard has ethernet.

Thats actually for another project sorry.

[UselessBread]

Why are you spending that much on an ethernet card. The motherboard has ethernet.

That is actually surprisingly cheap for a 4x gigabit card.

[kameshss]

If you are going to add GPU later, I'd avoid the CX series PSU.

 

Get something nice from EVGA, like G2/GS series PSU.

 

That SSD is terrible. Don't get that.

[brob]

I would suggest a better psu. Something like the Seasonic G Series 450W.

 

Kingston V300 ssd are not well liked. Besides a 120GB+ would be a better choice.

 

You should take a look at other motherboards. Something like the Asrock H97 Anniversary is much less expensive and will still let you oc the G3258.

 

You might stick with the stock cpu cooler. It is very reliable and does a decent job. Although it will be a little noisier at load.

 

Consider a 2x2GB memory kit. Dual channel memory operation does make a bit of a difference.

[d3sl91]

As other have said:

 

Get a different SSD (Crucial M series, Samsung Evo, anything intel etc)

 

Go with H97 board. I doubt you will want to deal with added heat from overclocking, and thats all you are getting by going with a Z board.