Budget HTPC

[Tomthedrum]

Hi guys, 

i am planning on building an HTPC for my TV. On this PC I want to game a little bit (CSGO, BF3) watch Tv and watch Youtube and Twitch. It doesnt have to be small since I will put it in an case I have lying around and this case will be in a closet. Also I dont need a HDD since I have some lying around. What do you think about this build?

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/bxPPMp

[79wjd]

Do you already own the Q6600, board, memory, and 750Ti?

[Tomthedrum]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Do you already own the Q6600, board, memory, and 750Ti?

No i dont own them. But I can get them used for pretty cheap here in Germany

[79wjd]

9 minutes ago, Tomthedrum said:

No i dont own them. But I can get them used for pretty cheap here in Germany

I'd probably be considering going with a Haswell i3 and 8gb of ram instead -- it would cost about 20€ more but would offer better performance in more games, plus the extra RAM. either way, both systems would be fine. 

[19_blackie_73]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

I'd probably be considering going with a Haswell i3 and 8gb of ram instead -- it would cost about 20€ more but would offer better performance in more games, plus the extra RAM. either way, both systems would be fine. 

sry, but an i3 here in germany is about 120 bucks and h97/b85/h81 boards start at 50€ so....

[CNY RMB]

Looks good. Maybe go with a newer platform and pick up some cheaper memory. It might actually be worth it.

[Tomthedrum]

1 minute ago, CNY RMB said:

Looks good. Maybe go with a newer platform and pick up some cheaper memory. It might actually be worth it.

So with which platform should I go?

 

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

sry, but an i3 here in germany is about 120 bucks and h97/b85/h81 boards start at 50€ so....

195€ vs. 172€ 

 

If he went with an i3 he could also skip the hyper 212. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/rvPY23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/rvPY23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€117.79 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€45.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€31.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €195.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 14:46 CET+0100

[19_blackie_73]

https://www.mindfactory.de/shopping_cart.php/basket_action/load_basket_extern/id/abd838221462b56882a790e2f9d37a355ea9a59bb2be50f70ad

actually got a decent build for that amount of money with an i3

[CNY RMB]

15 minutes ago, Tomthedrum said:

So with which platform should I go?

 

something with ddr3 since that is extremely cheap. Either Amd or Intel. My HTPC runs an FM2+ board with the 7650, but you can go quite a bit cheaper than that with an athlon x4 or something comparable.