2013-12-02, 18:12
Can someone help me and grade a build I was thinking about doing? I haven't built in a few years so I'm a little out of the loop on the latest hardware so just wanted to hear your thoughts. DO NOT need any gaming, planning on running Win 7 for HTPC. All media stored on external hard drive hooked up to router so don't need much internal storage. Biggest area of need is as quiet as possible. My current HTPC is years old and at the time I packed too much into it so it's a good machine just overkill for what I wanted it to do which is just stream movies/tv shows from various sources which include HDD attached to network, netflix, and from browser. On somewhat of a budget but willing to spend more if will significantly upgrade machine.
CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 Haswell http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819116945
MOBO: ASRock B85M http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157390
Ram: Crucial 8GB DDR3 1333 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820148465
Case: XION XON-720P mATX/ ITX Slim Desktop Case 300W PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811208056 OR In-Win 200-Watt Mini-ITX Case http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ITOAL8/ref=...4WQFXWYDN6
HDD: Adata 32 gb SSD http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SKB5HA/ref=...UMGKR8X4G8
My biggest questions/concerns are what is the up/downside of going with a Haswell CPU vs. Ivy Bridge CPU? and is there any difference between those two cases?
Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated. THANKS!
CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 Haswell http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819116945
MOBO: ASRock B85M http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157390
Ram: Crucial 8GB DDR3 1333 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820148465
Case: XION XON-720P mATX/ ITX Slim Desktop Case 300W PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811208056 OR In-Win 200-Watt Mini-ITX Case http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ITOAL8/ref=...4WQFXWYDN6
HDD: Adata 32 gb SSD http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SKB5HA/ref=...UMGKR8X4G8
My biggest questions/concerns are what is the up/downside of going with a Haswell CPU vs. Ivy Bridge CPU? and is there any difference between those two cases?
Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated. THANKS!