2011-04-19, 19:05
First post here. Just found this site and reading a lot of posts there seems to be a lot of helpful info and helpful posters. Suggestions and help are certainly appreciated.
I've been moving up slowly throught the HTPC world, having used for quite a while a trusty HDMI equipped Vaio laptop as a source for internet video. More recently as an experiment I slapped a Radeon HD5450, wireless keyboard, and Windows 7 Home Premium into an otherwise-retired small form factor Dell Optiplex Pentium D machine and hooked it up as an internet source for a different HDTV and it works great. I've planned on installing XBMC on that when I get a few hours to install and start to learn it (so I'm sure I'll be back with lots of questions.) Anyhow, I've been planning on building a new more complete HTPC to hook up on a permanent basis instead of the laptop with the first TV. I don't buy many disks, so I'm not looking for a lot of storage or to rip Blu Rays to a hard disk. Mostly it will be used as an internet content source device, a Blu Ray player, and to a lesser extent as a DVR, connected to an AV Receiver and through that to an HDTV. No gaming involved. I have my eye on a Sandy Bridge build after the i3-2105 is released (supposedly on May 22). I've built desktops before (though never an HTPC), so some of these component brands are personal preferences from the past. Anyhow, this is my initial shot at the components list, and I'd appreciate any thoughts.
BTW, I think this is probably somewhat overkill for the uses I described, but I do want a fair amount of headroom for future uses and growth as I learn more about HTPC software and as more uses come on line, so I'm not really considering an Atom or ITX build. I want enough disk space for a small amount of temporary storage, but will offload anything I want to keep more permanently, and if I want more internal storage in the future I'll stick in a 1 or 2 TB Hitachi Coolspin or Samsung Ecogreen hard disk. But if I don't need the storage, I'll try to avoid the power, heat and noise of a hard disk for now.
Also, BTW, are there quieter 80mm fans than the Silenx?
CPU – Intel i3-2105 - ?
MB - Intel DH67BLB3 - $113
Case - Silverstone ML03B - $60
PSU - SeaSonic S12II 380B 380W - $55
Ram - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL - $44
Fans - SilenX IXP-54-14 80mm (2) - $24
SSD - Plextor PX-M2 Series PX-64M2S 64GB SATA III - $165
Blu Ray Burner - LG WH10LS30 - $80
Keyboard - IOGEAR GKM561R Wireless Keyboard with Laser Trackball and Scroll Wheel - $48
Windows 7 Home Premium
Total - $589 + CPU
Thanks.
I've been moving up slowly throught the HTPC world, having used for quite a while a trusty HDMI equipped Vaio laptop as a source for internet video. More recently as an experiment I slapped a Radeon HD5450, wireless keyboard, and Windows 7 Home Premium into an otherwise-retired small form factor Dell Optiplex Pentium D machine and hooked it up as an internet source for a different HDTV and it works great. I've planned on installing XBMC on that when I get a few hours to install and start to learn it (so I'm sure I'll be back with lots of questions.) Anyhow, I've been planning on building a new more complete HTPC to hook up on a permanent basis instead of the laptop with the first TV. I don't buy many disks, so I'm not looking for a lot of storage or to rip Blu Rays to a hard disk. Mostly it will be used as an internet content source device, a Blu Ray player, and to a lesser extent as a DVR, connected to an AV Receiver and through that to an HDTV. No gaming involved. I have my eye on a Sandy Bridge build after the i3-2105 is released (supposedly on May 22). I've built desktops before (though never an HTPC), so some of these component brands are personal preferences from the past. Anyhow, this is my initial shot at the components list, and I'd appreciate any thoughts.
BTW, I think this is probably somewhat overkill for the uses I described, but I do want a fair amount of headroom for future uses and growth as I learn more about HTPC software and as more uses come on line, so I'm not really considering an Atom or ITX build. I want enough disk space for a small amount of temporary storage, but will offload anything I want to keep more permanently, and if I want more internal storage in the future I'll stick in a 1 or 2 TB Hitachi Coolspin or Samsung Ecogreen hard disk. But if I don't need the storage, I'll try to avoid the power, heat and noise of a hard disk for now.
Also, BTW, are there quieter 80mm fans than the Silenx?
CPU – Intel i3-2105 - ?
MB - Intel DH67BLB3 - $113
Case - Silverstone ML03B - $60
PSU - SeaSonic S12II 380B 380W - $55
Ram - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL - $44
Fans - SilenX IXP-54-14 80mm (2) - $24
SSD - Plextor PX-M2 Series PX-64M2S 64GB SATA III - $165
Blu Ray Burner - LG WH10LS30 - $80
Keyboard - IOGEAR GKM561R Wireless Keyboard with Laser Trackball and Scroll Wheel - $48
Windows 7 Home Premium
Total - $589 + CPU
Thanks.