Yet another A6-3500 Build

Hi all,

First timer here. Thanks to you all for sharing your builds. After much time spent researching, I settled on a final build and ordered the parts today!

Case: SilverStone Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX Media Center/HTPC Case ML03B (Black) $49
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green 380 Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply $41.51
Mobo: ASRock MB-A75M Socket FM1/ AMD A75 FCH/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ Micro ATX Motherboard $74.99
APU: AMD A6-3500 APU with AMD Radeon 6530 HD Graphics 2.1/2.4GHz Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Processor - Retail AD3500OJGXBOX $77.24
RAM: Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB (2x4 GB Modules) 1600 MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (PC3 12800) 240-Pin SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX $40.99
SSD: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2 $67.98
Remote: Rosewill Windows Vista Certified Media center Infrared Remote Control RRC-126 $18.99

Total: $370.70

Depending on how the stock CPU cooler does, I may add the Scythe SCBSK-2100 later if needed. I also like having the open of adding Blu-Ray down the road.

OS will be Win7 Pro x64 (free copy from MSDN-AA). I plan to run MCE for the PVR and XBMC for everything else. Library storage is taken care of by my NAS.

The parts should all be here early next week. I will update this thread with photos as the build progresses. Thanks again for all your help!

(2012-08-10 19:48)tehjolly81 Wrote:  Hi all,

First timer here. Thanks to you all for sharing your builds. After much time spent researching, I settled on a final build and ordered the parts today!

Case: SilverStone Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX Media Center/HTPC Case ML03B (Black) $49
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green 380 Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply $41.51
Mobo: ASRock MB-A75M Socket FM1/ AMD A75 FCH/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ Micro ATX Motherboard $74.99
APU: AMD A6-3500 APU with AMD Radeon 6530 HD Graphics 2.1/2.4GHz Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Processor - Retail AD3500OJGXBOX $77.24
RAM: Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB (2x4 GB Modules) 1600 MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (PC3 12800) 240-Pin SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX $40.99
SSD: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2 $67.98
Remote: Rosewill Windows Vista Certified Media center Infrared Remote Control RRC-126 $18.99

Total: $370.70

Depending on how the stock CPU cooler does, I may add the Scythe SCBSK-2100 later if needed. I also like having the open of adding Blu-Ray down the road.

OS will be Win7 Pro x64 (free copy from MSDN-AA). I plan to run MCE for the PVR and XBMC for everything else. Library storage is taken care of by my NAS.

The parts should all be here early next week. I will update this thread with photos as the build progresses. Thanks again for all your help!

Very cool! You're going to enjoy this build.
You'll also love the case and how easy everything fits in there.
Take pix!