Small build for only streaming to home theater

[Lazorsnipes]

I am thinking about building a small system just to stream to my home theater system. I was thinking of a mITX board with an i3 chip.  Trying to keep it under $800, I have Windows 7 and keyboard/mouse. Any suggestions on mobo and psu. I was going to get fractal nano case and EVGA 730 gpu.  Trying to not go overboard but I don't want buffering issues.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[RadiatingLight]

Consider the G4560. It's a really cheap Pentium with hyper threading.

 

GT 730 is good enough for this, but honestly, so is the integrated graphics on the Pentium.

[Lazorsnipes]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

Consider the G4560. It's a really cheap Pentium with hyper threading.

 

GT 730 is good enough for this, but honestly, so is the integrated graphics on the Pentium.

I was reading online someone else who added a gpu and it helped with buffering and figured for $65 it wasn't a huge expense to add?

[Skiiwee29]

If you are just streaming like Hulu or Netflix, then you dont need a dedicated GPU, the iGPU will be sufficient. You likely will find mATX boards cheaper than itx tbh. 

 

This honestly would be all you would need for streaming from the internet.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H) 
Total: $314.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 23:47 EDT-0400

[Droidbot]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HvQZPs

 

bit more expensive than above due to having to use a T chip with the 90w onboard PSU

[Lazorsnipes]

3 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

If you are just streaming like Hulu or Netflix, then you dont need a dedicated GPU, the iGPU will be sufficient. You likely will find mATX boards cheaper than itx tbh. 

 

This honestly would be all you would need for streaming from the internet.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H) 
Total: $314.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 23:47 EDT-0400

I know the mATX boards are cheaper, but I wanted to try my first ITX build. 

[mpsparrow]

Here is a small build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xJD2f8

Here is a mid sized build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ysr6jc

 

I added in a GPU in case you wanted one. The Pentium would probably do perfectly fine on it's own.

 

[Lazorsnipes]

2 minutes ago, mpsparrow said:

Here is a small build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xJD2f8

Here is a mid sized build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ysr6jc

 

I added in a GPU in case you wanted one. The Pentium would probably do perfectly fine on it's own.

 

I like the small build option, but i still like the fractal nano case, should fit with everything listed!! Thanks!!

[Speaker1264]

What's wrong with a roku or something similar?

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec ISK 110 VESA Mini ITX Desktop Case w/90W Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $320.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-26 01:14 EDT-0400

[M.A.P]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y9hyRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y9hyRG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7890K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($148.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock A68M-ITX Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($63.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.20 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower Case w/250W Power Supply  ($54.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $384.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-26 02:38 EDT-0400

 

If you want to save some money go with 7850k or 7700k which will save 30-40$. The APU is really good. CPU wise it might be weaker than G4560 but is much more powerful than iGPU of G4560. So overall this should be good for gaming at 1080p too at Medium-Low settings and in some games max.

[Lazorsnipes]

Is it better to run 1 stick of 8mb ram or two 4mb?

[bugsbunny]

1 hour ago, Lazorsnipes said:

Is it better to run 1 stick of 8mb ram or two 4mb?

2 is better for dual channel