[GortWillSaveUs]

Just had a friend over recently and he loved my setup. Anyhow,....he wanted my exact build. So I built him a slightly updated one and he loves it. Here's what I used:

[CASE]
SilverStone Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX Media Center/HTPC Case ML03B (Black) $79.31 and free ship.


[CPU]
AMD A6-5400K APU 3.6Ghz Processor $54.99 and free ship.


[CPU COOLER]
Scythe SCBSK-2100 BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler $45.99 and free ship.


[CPU THERMAL PASTE]
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $7.56 and free ship.

[MOBO]
MSI Socket FM2/AMD A75/DDR3/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard FM2-A75MA-E35
$129.99 and free ship.


[SSD]
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Solid State Drive $72.00 and free ship.

[RAM]
Kingston Hyper X Blu 4 GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 Desktop Memory 2 x $52.06 and free ship.

[POWER SUPPLY]
SilverStone Strider 400W, 80 PLUS, Active PFC Power Supply $44.99 and free ship.

[BDROM]
LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter $69.33 and free ship.

[REMOTE]
Ortek Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control and Infrared Receiver for Home, Premium and Ultimate Edition
$12.40 and free ship.


[KEYBOARD]
Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 with Built-In Multi-Touch Touchpad $28.09 and free ship.


[HDMI CABLE]
AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) - Supports Ethernet, 3D, and Audio Return $5.99 and free ship.

[OS]
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit $87.58 and free ship.

Now I know there'll be some critique over certain items or prices,...but who cares,..this build works perfectly, makes the user happy,..and that's all that matters! You may have noticed that I used the Windows 7 OS instead of 8,....do yourself a favor,...use 7!

[MrCrispy]

That's a quite powerful HTPC, not just XBMC box. What do you guys use it for besides playback?

[GortWillSaveUs]

It's not as powerful as using an i3,....but let's just say,...it get's the job done.

It is used for just about everything and anything,....mostly movie/tv.
He plays a few games on it and they play very well.

He wanted me to install a cable card,..but I told him to hold off for a short time until he gets used to it.

[jammyb]

And you didn't take pics

[GortWillSaveUs]

And you didn't take pics

This is probably my 100th build,...and I still get so excited to put the system together that I forget to pull out the camera.
By the time I remember, half the system is already together. Duhhh on my part!

Anyway,...since my A6 build resembles almost exactly this build,...you can see pictures here.
These are step-by-step of the build.