2012-06-27, 10:54
Hello all,
First HTPC build and looking to get some advice on hardware - think I have read enough to get an idea of what I want and would like some advice on my proposed hardware choice, maybe there are alternatives I have not thought about.
Intend to build a machine with Openelec as my software choice as I want to get as close to an appliance feel as possible, this will be a family machine in the living room. We currently use a PS3 to play our media files and media management is becoming a bit of a pain. If there are advantages to XBMCUbuntu or similar then will consider but it definatly wont be a windows OS.
All of my media seems to be DVD rips and Bluray rips mostly in H.264 MP4 with multi channel sound and so need a machine that will happily play those upto 1080p. I dont tend to play large blurayrips or high bit rate MKVs. 3D is not really important, at most may want to play 3d side by side files in the future.
The spec I have come up with is below - would this be suitable or is there something I have missed?
CPU £35 = Intel Celeron Dual-Core G530 2.4 GHz - Link
MOBO £68.73 = ASRock B75M-ITX Motherboard - Link
GPU £24.55 = Zotac GT 210 1GB DDR3 - Link
CASE = Still undecided
Particularly like the fact that with this motherboard I can get the CIR usb header that can wake from S5 state.
Have chosen Nvidea graphics based on linux support and would like as much compatability with openelec as possible. is this correct?
Unsure if the above kit it good value for money and will fit my needs or are there alternatives that i should consider or if I should still with an all in one mother board such as the Asus AT5IONT-I Atom D525? Link
Any thoughts and comments really welcome.
First HTPC build and looking to get some advice on hardware - think I have read enough to get an idea of what I want and would like some advice on my proposed hardware choice, maybe there are alternatives I have not thought about.
Intend to build a machine with Openelec as my software choice as I want to get as close to an appliance feel as possible, this will be a family machine in the living room. We currently use a PS3 to play our media files and media management is becoming a bit of a pain. If there are advantages to XBMCUbuntu or similar then will consider but it definatly wont be a windows OS.
All of my media seems to be DVD rips and Bluray rips mostly in H.264 MP4 with multi channel sound and so need a machine that will happily play those upto 1080p. I dont tend to play large blurayrips or high bit rate MKVs. 3D is not really important, at most may want to play 3d side by side files in the future.
The spec I have come up with is below - would this be suitable or is there something I have missed?
CPU £35 = Intel Celeron Dual-Core G530 2.4 GHz - Link
MOBO £68.73 = ASRock B75M-ITX Motherboard - Link
GPU £24.55 = Zotac GT 210 1GB DDR3 - Link
CASE = Still undecided
Particularly like the fact that with this motherboard I can get the CIR usb header that can wake from S5 state.
Have chosen Nvidea graphics based on linux support and would like as much compatability with openelec as possible. is this correct?
Unsure if the above kit it good value for money and will fit my needs or are there alternatives that i should consider or if I should still with an all in one mother board such as the Asus AT5IONT-I Atom D525? Link
Any thoughts and comments really welcome.