SwissElite Wrote:Your suggestion is More Expensive in:
RAM (+8£), Storage HDDs (+31 £)
How?
your RAM costs
£50 and mine
£40!!
your 3 storage hard drives costs
£300 and mines
£225!!
Go with what i've selected (which is similar to yours)
The RAM i've selected is DUAL-CHANNEL (2x2GB),
yours i dont know (no links to verify) and costs £10 more,,,
Regarding SSD's, you buy what your wallet can afford and feel paying....
i think my suggestion is great because, you'll get blazing speeds
in comparison to conventional 7200RPM Hard Drives, and cost is really good!
if you feel like paying more for another model, its your choice....
i cant make that decision for you,,, i just know i wouldn't do so....
Corsair CMPSU-430CX 430W is a recommended model!!
its a great DeaL!!
it has ACTIVE PFC, a 120mm quiet Fan,
Extra long fully-sleeved cables support full tower chassis!!
with the system your building, you would only need --> 379W
check this online PSU calculator yourself -->
http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html
if you feel more comfortable with thew Corsair CMPSU-500CX 500W
then go with it! its only +8£ than my model,,,
i know for myself that the 430W model would be enough...
but everybody has their own situations... right?
overall, those Corsair PSU's have ultra-quiet 120mm fans...
thing is with custom HTPC's is that,
there's 3200 different companies offering 45000 different brands and models to choose from,,,,
meaning, you can easily change your mind every 2 seconds about what you want to buy...
thats why i try to keep it simple,,,
i try to buy the cheapest possible decent HTPC that meets my needs!
no point in paying more and not use the 'More' ...
or no point in paying more and not truly see the gain or difference....
thats how i work because otherwise, i'd jump off a bridge....