[Loaferbob]

Excellent! Thanks, these are all the details I don't know about.

I'll get looking for a bigger case than the Antek, to fit it all in. If I need a separate psu, what power should I be looking for? 150W?

[eskro]

and for the Wireless card, i suggest this one
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190016?utm...m=products £33.40
i have it and works great!
its not limited to G speeds like the one you want...
mine is WiFi 802.11n (300mbs)!

[eskro]

i suggest this Build to you as this will do it all under windows!!

- PLay 1080P
- BitStream HD-Audio
- Fluid XBMC Skins (AEON)
- Stream HD web content
- Rip Blurays


[mobo] MSI G41M-P25 LGA-775 Micro-ATX (£38.17)
[cpu] Intel Pentium E5700 3.0GHz Dual-Core LGA-775 65W (£46.67)
[gpu] Saphire HD5450 512MB DDR3 64-bit Low Profile (£28.99 inc VAT)
[case] SILVERSTONE ML03B Micro-ATX (£55.04)
[psu] CORSAIR Builder Series 430W ATX12V (£31.03)
[ram] 4GB (2x2GB) ddr3 CL7 1333Mhz (£36.56)
[ssd] Ocz Vertex 30GB (£51.04)
[hdd] Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 5400rpm (£61.48)
[optical] Samsung SHB123L 12x Bluray DVD Combo (£48.36)
[wifi] ASUS PCI-E 802.11n 300Mbps (£33.40)
TOTAL: 430,74

Is there something it cant do then?
well, it wont play 3D movies & play High-Settings PC games,,,
but thats till you buy a GPU card for the job ....

[Loaferbob]

Hmm, it all adds up doesn't it! I still need to add Windows 7 to this lot too!
I think I'll have to hold off on the SSD and the BD for now, and add those in later, once I've saved up!
Thanks for your help with this.

[eskro]

follow your budget....
buy stuff from time to time...
but i still suggest those parts to you..

peace

[eskro]

if you go miniTIX instead, it would look like this Build:


mobo/cpu/igpu: £79.19
case/psu: £44.88
ram: £15.16
ssd: £51.04
hdd: £61.48
wifi: £33.40
optical: £48.36
TOTAL: £333,51

[DavidT99]

the ASRock E350M1 Motherboard handles DDR3 1066Mhz RAM.... why go for 1333Mhz?................

The E350M1 now supports DDR3 1333Mhz RAM.

David

[DavidT99]

If I were you I would get the largest case that will fit into the space you have available (within reason). Small cases mean more heat which means more air circulation needed which means more fan's and fan speed which means more noise. You are cramming a lot into a miniITX case which IMO will not make a good build.

What do you want the wireless card for? WLAN is a last resort, homeplugs or ethernet cable is much better.

David

[eskro]

The E350M1 now supports DDR3 1333Mhz RAM.

David

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i dunno,,, it doesnt say so on their website....
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=E350M1

wireless works perfect for me so if he needs it, theres no problems there....

my own build is a microATX form factor and some would still find it noisy...
but i dont care because, i dont hear the fans at all when watching a movie or music....

[DavidT99]

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i dunno,,, it doesnt say so on their website....
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=E350M1

wireless works perfect for me so if he needs it, theres no problems there....

my own build is a microATX form factor and some would still find it noisy...
but i dont care because, i dont hear the fans at all when watching a movie or music....

Site is out of date then, v1.10 of the BIOS supported DDR3 1333 RAM, 1.20 is the latest version.

wireless works perfect for you but doing what? Not streaming or uploading files quickly I'm sure...I wondered why the OP wanted wireless.

I have an E350M1 in a Silverstone ML03 case and even with the fans running from 8 feet away it is silent, and I have a mechanical HDD.

David

[eskro]

he'll have local storage for now since he cant afford getting a NAS yet...

meaning, he needs WiFi for the internet.... like me...

[eskro]

this could work too


mobo/cpu/igpu: £79.19
case/psu: £31.45
ram: £18.61
ssd: £51.04
hdd: £61.48
wifi: £9.67
optical: £45.92
TOTAL: £297,36

[Loaferbob]

Great, that looks a bit more affordable to me and something I can upgrade in future as I need to/can afford to.
I'll go with 1333 Ram if it is supported, I'll check the newest BIOS to find out.

Yes, the wifi is for internet for spotify, rather than streaming video across the home network. I'll be storing most things onboard, hence the extra HDD.

Next stop ordering and building...

[eskro]

if you go with 1333Mhz, get at least CASE LATENCY 7 (CL7) ....
Like so --> Kingston HyperX 2GB (1x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 CL7 240-pin
so your final would look like this:


mobo/cpu/igpu: £80.63
case/psu: £31.45
ram: £18.61
ssd: £50.98
hdd: £57.59
wifi: £9.67
optical: £45.92
TOTAL: £294,85

and i think its pretty darn good!!
specially price-wise!!!
and i'm jealous now

[Loaferbob]

Great, thanks for all your help!

Once I get it all delivered I'll put some pics up.