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A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - dmgash - 2012-04-17 This is my proposed build I want to be able to watch everything at 1080p including 3d blu-ray rips. Any glaring issues with this set-up? I plan to run windows 7 home premium Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD A6-3500 2.1GHz Triple-Core Processor ($77.99 @ Mac Mall) Motherboard: ASRock A75M Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard ($79.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($21.99 @ Newegg) Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US) Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Newegg) Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($59.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Antec 380W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($56.23 @ Amazon) Total: $521.15 (Prices include shipping and discounts when available.) (Generated 2012-04-16 17:58 EDT-0400) RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - bluray - 2012-04-17 @dmgash, It'll be an awsome HTPC......... RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - eskro - 2012-04-17 loose the ripjaws.. get HyperX or Ballistix Tactical RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - dmgash - 2012-04-17 thanks for the input...just wanted to make sure everything was ok. I've only built gaming PC's, where performance is really the only thing to worry about, here I gotta worry about price/performance/power consumption which makes it a little more complicated. Also @eskro why not G-skill, and why do you recommend Crucial and Kingston? I'm just wondering cause most builds I see in places use G-skill. RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - eskro - 2012-04-17 u see GSKILL all the time cuz their somewhat pleasant to look at and they dont cost much. i recommend Crucial Ballistix Tactical and Kingston HyperX ram cuz their ultra stable. also, they dont have immense heatsinks. those ripjaws might interfere with an eventual cpu cooler u might pick up... in your ML03b htpc case, you cant use a super tall cpu cooler, u need low profile. RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - dmgash - 2012-04-17 Ok thanks I changed the RAM to this, I plan to use the stock cooler for now(I'll prob end up with an after market one eventually in order to reduce noise). One last question I got is about fans/cooling, I know the case has room for 4 80mm fans on one side how many would you recommend, also any recommendations for a quiet fan, I found these, was just wondering if there was a go to brand. RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - eskro - 2012-04-17 fantastic ram choice! thats exactly what my deer friend beer40oz uses in his new HTPC http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=128009 silent case fans are in my HTPC guide (second post of it) http://ow.ly/1s4Jcf however, u can start without 80mm fans. RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - dmgash - 2012-04-17 (2012-04-17, 05:31)eskro Wrote: fantastic ram choice! Yeah saw his HTPC and it was very similar to what I was doing his is mini-ITX compared to my micro-ATX, same APU as well as a very similar motherboard, so I figured I would go with his RAM. Now to wait for my tax return check to show up so I can get started lol Thanks a lot for your help! RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - Beer40oz - 2012-04-17 Good stuff dmgash you will be happy..... if I was you and you where going to get the big Shuriken2 Version B down the road I would do it now..... that way you don't have to take your mobo apart again....... just my 2 cents.... RE: A63500 HTPC any glaring issues with this? - eskro - 2012-04-17 +1 for shuriken v2 right off the bat |