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Awesome build and another satisfied customer (friend)! - GortWillSaveUs - 2014-05-16 Just had a friend over recently and he loved my setup. Anyhow,....he wanted my exact build. So I built him a slightly updated one and he loves it. Here's what I used: [CASE] SilverStone Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX Media Center/HTPC Case ML03B (Black) $79.31 and free ship. [CPU] AMD A6-5400K APU 3.6Ghz Processor $54.99 and free ship. [CPU COOLER] Scythe SCBSK-2100 BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler $45.99 and free ship. [CPU THERMAL PASTE] Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $7.56 and free ship. [MOBO] MSI Socket FM2/AMD A75/DDR3/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard FM2-A75MA-E35 $129.99 and free ship. [SSD] Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Solid State Drive $72.00 and free ship. [RAM] Kingston Hyper X Blu 4 GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 Desktop Memory 2 x $52.06 and free ship. [POWER SUPPLY] SilverStone Strider 400W, 80 PLUS, Active PFC Power Supply $44.99 and free ship. [BDROM] LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter $69.33 and free ship. [REMOTE] Ortek Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control and Infrared Receiver for Home, Premium and Ultimate Edition $12.40 and free ship. [KEYBOARD] Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 with Built-In Multi-Touch Touchpad $28.09 and free ship. [HDMI CABLE] AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) - Supports Ethernet, 3D, and Audio Return $5.99 and free ship. [OS] Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit $87.58 and free ship. Now I know there'll be some critique over certain items or prices,...but who cares,..this build works perfectly, makes the user happy,..and that's all that matters! You may have noticed that I used the Windows 7 OS instead of 8,....do yourself a favor,...use 7! RE: Awesome build and another satisfied customer (friend)! - MrCrispy - 2014-05-16 That's a quite powerful HTPC, not just XBMC box. What do you guys use it for besides playback? RE: Awesome build and another satisfied customer (friend)! - GortWillSaveUs - 2014-05-16 It's not as powerful as using an i3,....but let's just say,...it get's the job done. It is used for just about everything and anything,....mostly movie/tv. He plays a few games on it and they play very well. He wanted me to install a cable card,..but I told him to hold off for a short time until he gets used to it. RE: Awesome build and another satisfied customer (friend)! - jammyb - 2014-05-16 And you didn't take pics RE: Awesome build and another satisfied customer (friend)! - GortWillSaveUs - 2014-05-19 (2014-05-16, 21:28)jammyb Wrote: And you didn't take pics This is probably my 100th build,...and I still get so excited to put the system together that I forget to pull out the camera. By the time I remember, half the system is already together. Duhhh on my part! Anyway,...since my A6 build resembles almost exactly this build,...you can see pictures here. These are step-by-step of the build. |