2012-10-08, 20:39
Hey, wondered if I could get some opinions on the following build. Not sure if I'm going for Windows 7, XBMCbuntu or anything else so open to opinions on that as well. Have around £300 to spend. Hope it to match a Group#7 HTPC on eSkRo's list.
CPU: Intel Core i3 2120 3.30GHz Dual Core CPU
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Single Channel
Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler
£174.98 inc VAT
OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £49.99 inc VAT
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) [AGT3-25SAT3-60G] - £43.99 inc VAT
OcUK Opera Media Case - Black (with 500W PSU) [CA-020-OP] - £39.98 inc VAT
Total - £308.95
Also have an old machine that I'm planning on using as a backend for PVR, most likely tvheadend, again opinions welcome.
Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz Dual-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Micro-ATX PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB <2x1GB> PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVI
CPU: Intel Core i3 2120 3.30GHz Dual Core CPU
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Single Channel
Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler
£174.98 inc VAT
OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £49.99 inc VAT
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) [AGT3-25SAT3-60G] - £43.99 inc VAT
OcUK Opera Media Case - Black (with 500W PSU) [CA-020-OP] - £39.98 inc VAT
Total - £308.95
Also have an old machine that I'm planning on using as a backend for PVR, most likely tvheadend, again opinions welcome.
Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz Dual-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Micro-ATX PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB <2x1GB> PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVI