2012-04-20, 18:28
Built using spec recommendations from eskro's A8-3850 (4x2.9Ghz) + HD6550D thread, but with a couple of changes.
Specs:
MB: Asrock A75 Pro4-M
CPU: AMD A8-3850
Ram: 4Gx2 PNY MD8192KD3-1600-X9 R (8 gig total)
PSU: SILVERSTONE ST50F-ES 500W
SSD: OCZ Petrol PTL1-25SAT3-64G (Windows OS + XBMC)
Case: SILVERSTONE Grandia Series GD05B
Total Cost: $542.23
All My Parts:
Setting Stuff Up:
After starting the wiring process I started to wish I had gone with a Modular PSU:
Going to add a 4Tb drive in the empty space next week, Perhaps a blu-ray drive at some point.
Here is XBMC running on my 60 inch plasma:
Everything went fairly easy. I seem to have a little problem with grabbing extra thumbs and fan art in xmbc in that it doesn't seem to connect to anything or try and fetch them at all....cant seem to figure it out.
Specs:
MB: Asrock A75 Pro4-M
CPU: AMD A8-3850
Ram: 4Gx2 PNY MD8192KD3-1600-X9 R (8 gig total)
PSU: SILVERSTONE ST50F-ES 500W
SSD: OCZ Petrol PTL1-25SAT3-64G (Windows OS + XBMC)
Case: SILVERSTONE Grandia Series GD05B
Total Cost: $542.23
All My Parts:
Setting Stuff Up:
After starting the wiring process I started to wish I had gone with a Modular PSU:
Going to add a 4Tb drive in the empty space next week, Perhaps a blu-ray drive at some point.
Here is XBMC running on my 60 inch plasma:
Everything went fairly easy. I seem to have a little problem with grabbing extra thumbs and fan art in xmbc in that it doesn't seem to connect to anything or try and fetch them at all....cant seem to figure it out.