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$800(including Windows) HTPC

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Any suggestions on an $800(including Windows) HTPC?

 

Requirements:

-SSD boot drive(120 GB)

-2TB HDD

-mITX or a small mATX case

-wireless

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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mATX would be cheaper, if you have the space to put it somewhere

 

id say go low cost ivy intel ( i suspect you will have it on 12 / 7 ) and 7950 or fx 8350/20 depends how much money will remain

will ty to come up with something

Doesn't have to have a good graphics card. Very little gaming will be done on it. Must have wifi tho.

System Specs - CPU: i7 4770K - RAM: 8GB(2x4GB) Vengeance Pro - Motherboard: Maximus VI Gene - Case: Modded PowerMac G5 - CPU Cooler: H100i - PSU: AX860i - SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB and Kingston V300 120GB - HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Graphics Card: 2x GTX 780 - Case Fans: SP120s and Spectre 140s - Headphones: HD700, Alpha Dog, SE215

Sony A7R w/ Zeiss 55mm F1.8

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AMD A8-6600K APU (or 6800K)

 

Corsair CX500M

 

ASRock FM2A85X-ITX

 

Kingston SSDNow V300

 

Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB DDR3-2400

 

WD Caviar Green 2TB

 

Corsair H60 (for some overclocking)

 

Some ITX Case

Core i7 4820K  |  NH-D14 | Rampage IV Extreme | Asus R9 280X DC2T | 8GB G.Skill TridentX | 120GB Samsung 840 | NZXT H440  |  Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W

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AMD A8-6600K APU (or 6800K)

 

Corsair CX500M

 

ASRock FM2A85X-ITX

 

Kingston SSDNow V300

 

Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB DDR3-2400

 

WD Caviar Green 2TB

 

Corsair H60 (for some overclocking)

 

Some ITX Case

 

this is the kind of thing i would do for a htpc

Specs cpu:  i7 4770k  mobo: z87-pro RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB GPU: EVGA GTX 770 HDD: WD blue 1TB psu: TX750M case: 550D cooling: H100i monitor: Dell U2410/Samsung sa350

I <3 senheiser, ASUS, Corsair, Intel

 

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This is a cheap build that I made for you. It has a quad core processor, a low-end gaming GPU, if you decide later that you want to game on it, CPU cooler for keeping it nice and cool, a 64 GB drive even though you specified 120 GB, I only did this because you won't need 120 GB for a boot drive, 2 TB storage drive, a small case with a PSU built in, and Blu-Ray drive.

 

link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BNBW

Back from the dead....

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6800k is overkill for a HTPC

 

Here you go: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BPvN

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