Gaming HTPC

[penguin2424]

So i'm planning on building a HTPC. Im mostly going to be using it for gaming, and maybe some web browsing, streaming and music playing.

 

I planned this out on PCPartPicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/penguin2424/saved/23qcCJ

 

Im open to any recommendations as long as it stays under $500, excluding the GPU, because I already own the 960.

[Moonzy]

something like this?

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qG8NkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qG8NkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $424.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 11:46 EDT-0400

you can even add a 850 evo 250gb ssd

[penguin2424]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

something like this?

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qG8NkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qG8NkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $424.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 11:46 EDT-0400

 

Yeah, this looks like a pretty awesome build, I was hoping to keep the node 202 just because of how small it is, but ill definitely consider this.

 

Thanks

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, penguin2424 said:

Yeah, this looks like a pretty awesome build, I was hoping to keep the node 202 just because of how small it is, but ill definitely consider this.

 

Thanks

i can tweak it if thats what you prefer

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tdKz8d
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tdKz8d/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus H110I-PLUS/CSM Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case w/450W Power Supply  ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $492.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 11:52 EDT-0400

if you dont mind $508, you can get the 2x8gb ram instead of this 2x4gb

[penguin2424]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

i can tweak it if thats what you prefer

No, its fine cause this case is a lot more reasonably priced. 

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

if you dont mind $508, you can get the 2x8gb ram instead of this 2x4gb

For what i'm doing, I don't really think its necessary to upgrade it to 16gbs, but a 1x8 would be good if i wanted to upgrade later.