Building a home theater PC.

[FixedDevice]

I'm looking to build a PC for simply home theater and maybe some school work. No gaming, 3d animating/rendering will be done on the PC.

 

Budget is $500-600 USD. What would you guys recommend?

[Coaxialgamer]

I'm looking to build a PC for simply home theater and maybe some school work. No gaming, 3d animating/rendering will be done on the PC.

 

Budget is $500-600 USD. What would you guys recommend?

600 dollar is a bit much for a basic machine , but i'll make one anyway :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bqdc8d

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bqdc8d/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Megahelms (No Fans) Fanless CPU Cooler  ($69.97 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.10 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.25 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $577.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 16:07 EST-0500

It's fanless , so completely silent

[grayblizzard]

I'm looking to build a PC for simply home theater and maybe some school work. No gaming, 3d animating/rendering will be done on the PC.

 

Budget is $500-600 USD. What would you guys recommend?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($102.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($48.66 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250 2GB Video Card  ($65.02 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Node 605 HTPC Case  ($140.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $570.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 16:09 EST-0500

 

you could drop down to a an i3 but i think with this machine that 4k streaming and playing would be a breeze

[FixedDevice]

600 dollar is a bit much for a basic machine , but i'll make one anyway :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bqdc8d

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bqdc8d/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Megahelms (No Fans) Fanless CPU Cooler  ($69.97 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.10 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.25 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $577.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 16:07 EST-0500

It's fanless , so completely silent

 

Heh thank you but I think I'll remove that cooler and just use stock if I decide on this build.

[Coaxialgamer]

Heh thank you but I think I'll remove that cooler and just use stock if I decide on this build.

you could probably use an i3 and still be fine though

[FixedDevice]

you could probably use an i3 and still be fine though

 

Yeah most likely lol. Thanks for the input. =)