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2014-01-28, 21:52
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-28, 22:03 by czyndzel.)
Hello,
In a few day's I would like to buy and build my first HTPC. I choose configuration with some comments uder every part.
PC will be used to playing movies (also BD 3D) and web surfing. It should be small, quiet and has low power consumption.
CPU/APU - AMD A6-6400K Black Edition - 71$
(integrated GPU ATI HD8470D, low TDP 65W)
MOBO - GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI - 106$
(chipset A88, HDMI, USB 3.0, built-in WiFi/Bluetooth)
RAM - Kingston HyperX DDR3 2x2GB 1866MHz CL9 - 62$
(optimal frequency for CPU, good timmings)
Case - Chieftec FI-01B 200W MiniTower Black - 66$
(small, good enough PSU 80+)
Total: 305$
There's no HDD, because maybe I use 64GB SSD 2'5" + HDD 3,5" or only HDD 3,5".
Thanks in advance for all suggestions,
czyndzel
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hey guys, do you think that a combination of the 10 HDD UnRaid server and the option 5 of the basic build for the HPTC would be make a good steambox, media center. if not can you recommend a build for me. i'm just getting into HTPC and NAS.
thanks
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Woftam
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Hey all,
I'm looking to build my first HTPC and would appreciate any feedback on my parts selection...
Case: Lian Li PC-Q12B (includes 300W PSU)
M/B: Asrock B85M-ITX (or H87M-ITX if there's a good reason)
CPU: Intel i3-4130 - stock cooler
Ram: G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ (2x2GB)
SSD: Kingston SV300S37A/60G
It'll be streaming content from my nas. HDMI to the tv. Audio via optical to my receiver.
The plan is to run openelec on it. Hopefully it'll be fairly quiet, it'll be sitting in a low line timber entertainment unit.
Thanks for any input.
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Hammi
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I find the stock cooler fans as well as the fans pre-built into cases typically a bit noisy. But you could start with this and then see if you need to replace the CPU fan, and if you maybe could go without the case fan.
Intel on-chip graphics is good for XBMC, in particular with openelec.
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2014-04-14, 09:30
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-14, 09:31 by iceman64.)
Hi there
My first HTPC is a Acer Veriton L410, ( dual core AMD 2.2Mhz, 1 Gb mem, 128 Gb SSD, optical audio to receiver).
At first it ran on Windows XP Proffessional, i changed it to Windows 7 Ultimate. It ran a lot more quiet then.
Then i tried Windows 8.1, total disaster, fans had to blow like crazy to cool processor.
Now it runs on Windows 7 Starter, and it runs quiet and fast.
I tried XBMCbuntu, but had to many errors installing it.
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My current set up.
This works with True-HD, DTS, DTS-HD
AMD A6-6400K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD AD640KOKHLBOX
GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XN-WIFI FM2+/FM2 A88X (Bolton D4) Wi-Fi/BT4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
with the current beta 4 version out it now works. beta 3 did not.