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Guys, apologise in advance as this may not seem relevant to this thread but I need some help and guidance. My cousin has requested to purchase my HTPC off me which is awesome as I can now fully upgrade and start from scratch.. I am in the process of RMA'ing the RX 560 4GB card I purchased for £159.00 and will purchase the RX580 4GB for £299.00 (Original price is around £400 + depends where your purchasing from) So I really would like to know which motherboard, ram, cpu etc to purchase. Please see below specs I have in mind:

• HTPC Case (Silverstone GD09B) this is what I have in mind but I don't mind any other recommendations as I am starting from scratch...
  
• GPU - Sapphire RX580 4GB Nitro + (Already Purchased)
  
• PSU - EVGA 750W GQ Power Supply (Semi Modular) - will this be sufficient? Is it a good power supply?
  
• Motherboard - Has to have DDR4 ram slots and PCI-3 express slot, not sure ATX or mini ITX? I guess if I purchase the GD09B it won't make a difference as it can take both.
  
• CPU - Which CPU is recommended? i3 , i5 or i7? baring in mind I will only be using as HTPC and for 4K movies viewing no gaming..
  
• CPU Cooling - I already have a Corsair H50 cooler. will this work with the new intel slot motherboards or do I need to get a new one? If so which cooler do you recommend?
  
• RAM - I think 8GB will be plenty so either 1 strip of 8gb or 2 x 4GB which brand and model is recommended.
  
• SSD Drive - Will only have windows 10 with Kodi and Madvr etc.. No other programs so don't need a lot of space, 120gb?
  

 

Hi, built up my HTPC twoi weeks ago, so i can give you a short Input.

HTPC Case (Silverstone GD09B) - Bought the same, ist fine!
GPU - Sapphire RX580 4GB Nitro + (Already Purchased) - Geforce 1050 Ti, because of Netflix and Windows 10, AMD sould be ready soon (?) for Netflix UHD
Be Quit Pure Power 10 - modular, you do not Need so much power
asus b350f gaming (was in sale), B350 F should also be fine
AMD Ryzen 2200G, if you wouold like to save the extra GPU better Ryzen 2400G (means to use madVr low Profile) but saves GPU. You Need GPU Power, no CPU Power ...
2*4 GB, DUAL. Look at the Motherboard Distributor . i bought gskill ripjaw V 2800
as 120-250 is no big move, i choose 250 Samsung EV 860, works fine
cooling, AMD boxed coolers are fine. In the HTPC case there is one 120mm, blowing in . I bought another 120 noctua PWM fan (!) blowing in on the other side and two 80mm noctua PWM for blowing out on the backside.

you still hear nothing!!! fan Profil Standard, not quiet ...
as an advice, i bough a FLIRC too, so i can controll by harmony remote (starting over USB power) and startiung kodi and so on with autohotkey