[Avirhel]

Approximate Purchase Date: In December.

Budget Range: (1000-1200 euros)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies.

Are you buying a monitor: No, it will be connected by hdmi to a full hd tv.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I will buy it at a store.

Location: Porto, portugal.

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: I would like a Intel CPU)

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, its a Full HD TV with HDMI connection.

Additional Comments: I would like a low power consumption and very quiet HTPC. I will use windows 7 and will play RPG´s most of the time and see 3D movies.

Thank you very much.

PS - I will post my configuration soon for your evaluation.

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Hello everyone :-) I waited one year for the haswell to go out. Now I have to view everything again to be sure that still the right configuration.
I was thinking, and now the 4th gen CPU have better graphics, so I wont be using for now a GPU, but in the future probably I will need to use it.

This is my config at the moment:

Case: LIAN LI PC-C60 BLACK…………………………………..............………………..………….....…….… 205,70€
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-EXPERT SKT 1150……………………………………….….........…...………..212,05€
CPU: INTEL I7 4770T 2.5GHZ 6M SKT 1150 TRAY……………….……………............……..……..….297,50€
CPU Cooler:NOCTUA NH-L12 LOW PROFILE....................................................................53,95€
Power Supply: SEASONIC P760W SEMIFANLESS MODULAR 80PLUS PLATINUM..........179,70€
SSD: SAMSUNG SERIES 840 ULTRASLIM 250GB 2.5" SATA III.......................................149,95€
Memory: I don't know...

Optical drive, GPU and HDD: None for now. I will buy them later when necessary.

What do you think? I'm still looking for silent and low power consumption HTPC.

Thank you :-)