2013-05-03, 16:24
Hi All,
I have recently been given my nephews old gaming rig to see if anything is salvagable and have decided it's time I built an HTPC. Most of it was rubbish, case - CPU (Dead Athlon XII) - GPU etc but the bits I would like to reuse are:
MoBo: Asus M3N78
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800MHz - 4x2gb sticks (8gb is a bit overkill from what I have read)
PSU: Thermaltake TR2-550 PP
I have built gaming rigs mostly which is all about power, power and more power but from what I understand so far HTPC's are almost the opposite....
What I would like help with is the rest of the build, what would be suitable but cheap AM2, AM2+, AM3 CPU etc?
This PC would be solely for watching movies, streaming HD Video and some light downloading, maybe a bit of browsing. I used to dabble a bit with WoW but would rather under-spec the PC so I don't have the temptation to play again (Would most likely end in divorce!)
I have a Win7 OS I can install and a couple of HD's I can use until I find a couple of bargain 2tb on ebay....
I am very limited for funds and I'm happy to spend a while catching bargains on ebay, as I did with my last gaming rig and I appreciate any advice you can offer, even if it's "bin the lot and start from scratch"
Cheers Damien
I have recently been given my nephews old gaming rig to see if anything is salvagable and have decided it's time I built an HTPC. Most of it was rubbish, case - CPU (Dead Athlon XII) - GPU etc but the bits I would like to reuse are:
MoBo: Asus M3N78
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800MHz - 4x2gb sticks (8gb is a bit overkill from what I have read)
PSU: Thermaltake TR2-550 PP
I have built gaming rigs mostly which is all about power, power and more power but from what I understand so far HTPC's are almost the opposite....
What I would like help with is the rest of the build, what would be suitable but cheap AM2, AM2+, AM3 CPU etc?
This PC would be solely for watching movies, streaming HD Video and some light downloading, maybe a bit of browsing. I used to dabble a bit with WoW but would rather under-spec the PC so I don't have the temptation to play again (Would most likely end in divorce!)
I have a Win7 OS I can install and a couple of HD's I can use until I find a couple of bargain 2tb on ebay....
I am very limited for funds and I'm happy to spend a while catching bargains on ebay, as I did with my last gaming rig and I appreciate any advice you can offer, even if it's "bin the lot and start from scratch"
Cheers Damien