Ultra Budget HTPC Build - feedback wanted!

Mick1152 · 2012-06-02 02:28

Everything can have problems though, I just bought components for a new desktop computer and got a very good, well liked, expensive, popular brand of PSU. I was a little shocked when it arrived and there was a large capacitor rattling around loose inside it. Didn't look like it had even a hint of solder residue on the two leads like it wasn't even soldered in place. Shocking there must not be any sort of quality control cause I'm certain a rattling power supply would have caught some attention. I tested it on an old known working system and it was certainly not working so sent it right back and bought a different brand.

Dougie Fresh · 2012-06-02 18:47

$59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD
http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html
No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping.

helpermonkey · 2012-06-02 20:44

(2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD
http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html
No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping.

Grrrr ... just bout that drive 12 days ago for $80 + $8 s/h off amazon ... fudge that!!!

Mick1152 · 2012-06-02 21:12

Just bought a 128GB SSD for my new desktop system from amazon, bought it at 4am, at 9am the price had dropped and they wouldn't match the new price or let me return it because the order was still processing. Not a big fan of amazon these days.

Driver 944 · 2012-06-03 00:16

(2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD
http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html
No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping.

I was all set to pull the trigger -
Price jumped to 79.99. Hope you bought one or more when you had the chance ......

eskro · 2012-06-03 00:19

(2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD
http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html
No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping.

that price is insane O.O
wish i was in USA lol

helpermonkey · 2012-06-03 00:46

(2012-06-02 21:12)Mick1152 Wrote: Just bought a 128GB SSD for my new desktop system from amazon, bought it at 4am, at 9am the price had dropped and they wouldn't match the new price or let me return it because the order was still processing. Not a big fan of amazon these days.

I'm not sure what you mean by return it (as you can't return something you don't have), but you can cancel the order through amazon without much more than a click or two. There's a big button to cancel on the order page for your item.

lagledavid · 2012-06-03 01:52

(2012-06-03 00:16)Driver 944 Wrote:
(2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD
http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html
No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping.

I was all set to pull the trigger -
Price jumped to 79.99. Hope you bought one or more when you had the chance ......

its still $59

Mick1152 · 2012-06-03 03:28

(2012-06-03 00:46)helpermonkey Wrote:
(2012-06-02 21:12)Mick1152 Wrote: Just bought a 128GB SSD for my new desktop system from amazon, bought it at 4am, at 9am the price had dropped and they wouldn't match the new price or let me return it because the order was still processing. Not a big fan of amazon these days.

I'm not sure what you mean by return it (as you can't return something you don't have), but you can cancel the order through amazon without much more than a click or two. There's a big button to cancel on the order page for your item.

Nope, it was disabled on the website and when I called their number they said it couldn't be cancelled because the order was currently in processing and I would have to call back later once the order was approved. Problem was, I ordered it to be sent overnight so it went from processing to shipped and I can't do anything about it. Not a huge deal but, sure sucks to miss out on a lower price by a few hours and have the retailer not be willing to do anything about it. Worst part, it didn't show up as shipped until after the lower price took effect. Not a big fan of amazon right now and won't be buying from a retailer without a price match policy in the future, especially with how fast some of these prices are dropping.

Turdpeterson · 2012-06-16 15:10

I built almost the exact system 6 months so i will give my impressions.

my parts used where
ECS H61H2-M3(1.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX $49.99
ECS NGT440-1GQI-F1 GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 $49.99
G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $22.99
Intel Celeron G530 Sandy Bridge 2.4GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics $51.99
CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $44.99
and i had a few 2tb drives laying around to use with the system for storage

anyway while the on-board intel grafics did work fine with anything i threw at it in MPC-HC
i had constant lock ups in XBMC, so i ended up just using the gt 440, solved all my problems. if it was not for the xbmc issues the intel grafics would
have been fine i think, i didnt have any high bitrate mkv's to to test, but standerd sized 1080p movies 10 to 18gb
would play fine, personaly i normally just download 720p versions around 5gb for my media center, any moive that i want
in high quailty i buy blurays anyway, and im over 800 movies in my bluray collection, my htpc is more for tv shows and
movies i dont care to own on bluray, if i could solve the xbmc problems, i would scrap the 440 in favor of noise reduction

Dougie Fresh Member+ Posts: 2,342 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 49 Location: New Hampshire	2012-06-02 18:47 Post: #22 $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping. --- Blog: http://outsidethestb.blogspot.com Website: http://www.ecosmartpc.com Looking for these? Realan E-i5, Realan E-i7, IWill HT80, IWill HT100, IWill S197-H80 (This post was last modified: 2012-06-02 18:49 by Dougie Fresh.)
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Driver 944 Senior Member Posts: 135 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 2	2012-06-03 00:16 Post: #25 (2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping. I was all set to pull the trigger - Price jumped to 79.99. Hope you bought one or more when you had the chance ......
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eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,235 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 156	2012-06-03 00:19 Post: #26 (2012-06-02 18:47)Dougie Fresh Wrote: $59.99 for Crucial m4 64GB SSD http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-m4-64gb-...50371.html No coupons or rebates needed. Free shipping. that price is insane O.O wish i was in USA lol My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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