Mi7 Report: i7-3770s + Pico160 + Big Shuriken = Dead Silent, High Powered (w. pics)

Mi7 : The Fresh Eskargo Blu Build
My HTPC that I've named Mi7: The Fresh Eskargo Blu Build, is finally finished (at least the hardware and basic setup). Though I'm not British (and don't root for their footie teams) nor a a huge bond fan, I thought it was an appropriate name for My I7 build [get it? bwahahahaha ]. I hope the reference serves as a thanks to Eskro, Dougie Fresh, BluRay, and Beer40oz for their help (and as a play on Beer's A6-Pack).

The original budget was $1,000 all-in, I did use online coupons and gift cards, but didn't care about MIRs. If you want to see the full spreadsheet with vendors, s&h, and coupons, you can download the xlsx here

HTPC:
CASE: Antec ISK 300-65 $65
PSU: picoPSU-160-XT + 192W Adapter $75.95
MOBO: ASRock Z77E-ITX $134.31
APU: Intel Core i7 3770S $335.68**
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB DDR3 $57.99
FAN: Scythe BIG SHURIKEN 2 Rev B. $47.95**
HDD: Crucial 64 GB SSD $88.05**
OS: Win7x64 Pro | Owned
REMOTE 1: Harmony One | Owned
REMOTE 2: iPazzPort Pro Mini KP-810-10-A $26.67**
REMOTE 3 (just 4 dongle): Rosewill RHRC-11002 $14.99
ANTENNA: Mohu MHANT 1000 $34.99
TUNER: SiliconDust HDHomeRun Dual $87.46**
Other: Arctic5 $7.99

HTPC Total: $976.93
** - denotes purchased via Amazon











Status:
Win7 Pro: Installed & Configured
XBMC: Installed
Plugins:
- Advanced Launcher: Installed & Configured
Emulators:
- Genesis: To-Do
- NES (Nestopia): Configured
- SNES: To-Do
- TurboGraphx 16: To-Do
TV:
- LIVE: HD HomeRunPrime Dual - configured via http://bit.ly/N2Euk9
* Channel Guide: To-Do
* PVR: To-Do
* Resolve some technical problems
- Streaming:
* AmazonPrime, Free Cable, Hulu, Eredivisie Live,
* Problems: ESPN
* To-Do: Netflix, Explore adding more Soccer (FoxSoccer?), BigTen Network, Football, F1, HBO/Xfinity


To-Do
In no particular order:
3. Setup Streaming for Amazon Prime, ESPN, Netflix, Xfinity, Etc.
4. Configure Harmony 1
5. Settle on a skin
6. Exchange Pico-PSU (something funky with it).

NAS
* In progress * will probably build unRAID
HD1: Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB $119.99
HD2: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB $119.99

NAS Total: $238.98

Mi7 sweet man.... hope you enjoy it and post pics and such.... glad to help.

your HTPC will be powerful O.O

i hope the ASRock Z77E-ITX mobo has a wake from S5 using USB Keyboard feature
just like the A75M-ITX

(2012-06-03 14:43)eskro Wrote:  your HTPC will be powerful O.O

i hope the ASRock Z77E-ITX mobo has a wake from S5 using USB Keyboard feature
just like the A75M-ITX

from what i read (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z77E-ITX), it appears the answer is yes! Then again, what I read and what that means doesn't always compute.

i see, wel, keep us up2date!

And so it begins ...



Tonight should be fun!

Awesome!!! I'm not going to lie, I have truly loved building these systems the past couple months. I'm so addicted. Just ordered parts for another system just because I love the look of all the parts laid out on the table like that!

One thing... Your build sounds awesome, but, every time I see your thread with this little bug icon, I get this sense of concern and fear something went wrong with your build!!! I'm scared, hold me!

Thanks! Though i've already hit a snag - the power hook up for the picoPSU is right next to the RAM slots on the ASRock Z77E-ITX ... so now i have to see if i can pull off this stupid yellow cover on my ballistix ram, otherwise, the extra width of all things is gonna be a pain to deal with.

swapped out the mobo (same model), got a new type of RAM, still no luck ... the search continues! :-)

I am stumped on this one! I wan't to help you.... I feel bad it ain't going right for you. But you have an i7.... did you try a regular PSU?