2012-01-24, 01:08
Hi all.
I put together my first HTPC build with a friend of mine. I was hoping to get some feedback to see what you guys think before I went ahead and pruchased everything. My primary concern is:
APEX MI-008 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 250W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811154091
ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157273
Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820220570
AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz (2.4GHz Max Turbo) Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D AD3500OJGXBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103951
Rosewill RNX-N250PCe (RNWD-11005) Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 150/300Mbps 2T2R 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and AES WPA, WPA2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6833166073
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6827151244
BYTECC 18" Serial ATA-150/300 Cable w/Locking Latch Model SATA-118C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6812270093
OKGEAR 8" molex 4pin male to 15pin SATA power cable Model GC8ATAL - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6812123137
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6832116986
Ocz Technology - Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-60G 60 GB Internal Solid State Drive - Black
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ocz+Technolo...&cp=1&lp=3
Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...#learnMore
I am not great with building computers, thus why I needed my friend's help. How does all of this look? Will this be a capable HTPC for my living room running XBMC? Is there anything else I should consider?
Thanks guys!
I put together my first HTPC build with a friend of mine. I was hoping to get some feedback to see what you guys think before I went ahead and pruchased everything. My primary concern is:
- HTPC should play or stream all 1080p content
- HTPC should play all large .MKV files (10 GBs)
APEX MI-008 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 250W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811154091
ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157273
Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820220570
AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz (2.4GHz Max Turbo) Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D AD3500OJGXBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103951
Rosewill RNX-N250PCe (RNWD-11005) Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 150/300Mbps 2T2R 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and AES WPA, WPA2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6833166073
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6827151244
BYTECC 18" Serial ATA-150/300 Cable w/Locking Latch Model SATA-118C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6812270093
OKGEAR 8" molex 4pin male to 15pin SATA power cable Model GC8ATAL - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6812123137
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6832116986
Ocz Technology - Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-60G 60 GB Internal Solid State Drive - Black
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ocz+Technolo...&cp=1&lp=3
Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/contr...#learnMore
I am not great with building computers, thus why I needed my friend's help. How does all of this look? Will this be a capable HTPC for my living room running XBMC? Is there anything else I should consider?
Thanks guys!