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Silverstone GD06 BUILD questions

Hi all, i'm planning to build an HTPC for KODI on a Silverstone GD06 case.

The budget is quite low, arround 200USD without the case and the HDD

The main idea is to stuck inside arround 6 HDD in some RAID config 1 or 5.

 

But i'm having some trouble choosing the processor, i'm not sure if the
Celeron G1840 will do it great or if i'll have to set up to a Pentium G3250 or even an i3 4160

 

Also i need to know what PSU i'll ned to power all those disks, i guess 500W will do great but not sure.

I think i have the perfect MB MSI H97M-E35

 

The last question is RAM, as is for a media player build and not gaming i guess i will do fine wiht 4Gb, but... suggestions are welcome.

 

Thanl you very much in advance to all.

Regards.

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I would personally go with at least that Pentium (it should do 4K perfectly fine), and really any PSU with enough SATA power connectors can power a bunch of hard drives. As for RAM, I always tend to go with 8GB since it's generally pretty cheap, and it allows for the machine to be used as something such as a Steam box on the side.

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