2014-04-21, 06:29
Everyone, thanks for the comments !
(2014-04-21, 06:24)tential Wrote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealD...bo.1594348 - 100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820313426 - 50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820178455 - 60
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119920 - Pick the powersupply based on your location. You only need the lowest power one. - $38
Total, $248
I recommend this OP if you want to use AMD.
If you want to use intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813138393 - 70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820313426 - 50
Case - I need more informatoin on your plans for this build to recommend the correct case.
PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk The price on this has changed by $30 again to 90. Just pick up a cheap SSD though with decent reviews. You aren't running games or anything so SSD performance differences won't be huge to you. For gamers/enthusiasts, they will whine about the 1 second extra they have to wait or will brag about buying a faster SSD just to shave an incremental amount of time off a task. I doubt you care that much.
I change my power supply recommendation to Pico:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119920
Only reason I recommended anything else was to keep it all newegg but Pico Power supplies are the best price to performance ratio you can get in a Mini ITX.
You won't need case fans with either of these builds because it'll be essentially silent. You can still use a CD Drive. Personally, I'd get a USB CD Drive. It's so rare that you ever need a CD drive that I wouldn't bother installing one on any build now and will just use a USB CD Drive if I need it. I'd only put a CD/DVD/Bluray Drive in my main PC. I can't remember the last time I needed a CD Drive for anything other than burning a DVD/CD for family members who still live in the extreme past in terms of hardware.