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Jonathan W
By Jonathan W
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So i am an avid fan of movies and TV...i watch a ton of movies and tv that i get [legally might i add] from VUDU.com 

As many can tell from my signature, i have a lot of storage space in my desktop. 

 

the drives in my pc plus the drives in my current drive bay are about 10TB total.

I would like to downsize my tower to a smaller and more simple affair as well and move my drives from my bay in to a seperate mATX desktop.

 

The only problem is i dont know what parts would be good for a fast and small storage box.

 

I need essentially a whole computer.

-CPU [lower price = AMD? but i dont care eitherway]

-mATX mobo [with lots of SATA ports for drives obv]

-RAM [At least 4 gigs?]

-PSU

-mATX Case [something Red/Orange please]

-Cooling [meaning extra fans or a CPU AiO. I assume a small box with a lot of drives constantly going will get damn hot]

-eSATA connection [i have a controller card on my main pc to connect to the drive bay i have now]

 

only i thing i dont need are the drives lol. 

 

THE KEY THING to keep in mind here is price to performance. I do not want to spend, nor do i have a lot of, money to spend on this project. Keep it close to 500USD please. 

So please..descend on PCPP and help a brother out <3

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Budget ?

500USD sounds like a good number to me. No GFX card needed since it will just be for movies so that will save a lot of money lol

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500USD sounds like a good number to me. No GFX card needed since it will just be for movies so that will save a lot of money lol

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $488.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thats awesome. Theres a couple things i would change to be honest like id change out the case and swap that drive for an ssd but otherwise thank you so much :D

 

You mind doing an AMD build just so i can see the price diff?

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Thats awesome. Theres a couple things i would change to be honest like id change out the case and swap that drive for an ssd but otherwise thank you so much :D

 

You mind doing an AMD build just so i can see the price diff?

i cant since iam not familiar with AMD CPU Family :/

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $488.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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overkill don't you think? he doesn't need a 500$ media player I'd do something much cheaper. like i3-4170 and 6gb of ram with huuuuuge storage. like 20 TB's of storage.

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overkill don't you think? he doesn't need a 500$ media player I'd do something much cheaper. like i3-4170 and 6gb of ram with huuuuuge storage. like 20 TB's of storage

 

I dont NEED the storage...as i said in OP i have all the drives ill need for a long time. I want to build a storage server esque computer to put them all in. 

If you have a build to contribute then by all means please link me to a PCPP build <3

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I dont NEED the storage...as i said in OP i have all the drives ill need for a long time. I want to build a storage server esque computer to put them all in. 

If you have a build to contribute then by all means please link me to a PCPP build <3

Ok ,brb I'll keep the price as low as possible.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4gVX6h

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H87WSA-DL ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.10 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.40 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($86.40 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $445.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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the mobo is more expensive cause its the only one I could find that was mATX and came with 8 6gb/s Sata ports
also the case comes with 8 internal 3.25 inch bays.
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Ok ,brb I'll keep the price as low as possible.

well dont give me a list of all off brand crap parts though lol. going for the perfect Price to performance ratio for a streaming box.

 

basically speaking, follow the guidelines in OP xD

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well dont give me a list of all off brand crap parts though lol. going for the perfect Price to performance ratio for a streaming box.

 

basically speaking, follow the guidelines in OP xD

off brand? the only uncommon one in there is the RAM and a lot of people use that. besides you shouldn't be choosing by brand. 

its you're money do what ever you want. just realize also I did follow you're guidelines and I added as many Sata ports as possible. as in 8 sata ports with 8 internal 3.5 inch bays with the case.

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