$500 Ryzen based Home theatre pc

[Couzinz Gaming]

I am looking to build a HTPC I want it to have a optical drive, and would let me consume 4K content. I would also like to do some mild 1080p gaming, and if it was really quiet that would be a bonus. Thanks for your help

[Herman Mcpootis]

need os/monitor/peripherals? or just rig with disc drive?

[Gungpae]

Hmmm....

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.97 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $546.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-28 21:45 EDT-0400

 

Edit: Added Blue Ray Player

 

[Couzinz Gaming]

I don't need os monitor or peripherals

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($15.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $504.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-28 21:47 EDT-0400

[seon123]

17 minutes ago, Couzinz Gaming said:

I am looking to build a HTPC I want it to have a optical drive, and would let me consume 4K content. I would also like to do some mild 1080p gaming, and if it was really quiet that would be a bonus. Thanks for your help

The only 4K Blu-Ray drive I know of costs $120 just by itself. This Pioneer drive

[seagate_surfer]

As far as storage goes, obviously the fastest and quietest solution would be to go with an SSD, but SSDs can be prohibitively expensive especially in a budget in this range, which would require unreasonable compromise in other areas of the build. One potential solution which would give you some of the increased load-time performance is an SSHD, or Solid-State Hybrid Drive (current Seagate branding: FireCuda).

These drives place your most frequently-accessed data on a small SSD cache for faster performance, and then also have a larger spinning storage capacity so that you're still getting a pretty good amount of storage space for your buck.
 

Also, if you'd like a little more information on how these drives stack up performance-wise, here are a couple of charts we would like to share:

The first one compares startup times across several popular games on a traditional spinning 7200 RPM HDD, our SSHD, and an M.2 SSD (128GB). The white is for SSD, the orange for our SSHD, and the gray for the 7200 spinning HDD.

Startup Times

The next one compares the first 3 days of gaming storage utilization across several popular titles, and SYSmark ratings from various drive types and combinations. First of the grays is 7200 RPM 1TB spinning HDD, second (lightest gray) is our SSHD, third (darkest gray) is an SSD + 7200 RPM HDD combo, purple is SSD + our SSHD combo, and lastly blue is SSD.

First 3 Days Gaming Storage Utilization

Regardless of which drive you determine is right for your needs in the end, thank you for considering Seagate!