[eskro]

of course it'll boot from USB!

maybe you could find cheaper ram for it,,,
like 1 single stick of 2GB DDR3-1066,,,
http://ow.ly/1stxQu 19,03 EUR
http://ow.ly/1stxWC 19,48 EUR
http://ow.ly/1stxTV 20,61 EUR
http://ow.ly/1sty7I 22,61 EUR (this one's 1333Mhz but asrock mobo supports it)

[Choque]

The RAM I currently plan to use in this build (Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2GB PC3-10667U CL9 (DDR3-1333)) is 1 single stick and it's 16,90€ Also 1333MHz. But thank's for your input anyways!

[eskro]

16,90€ with taxes and shipping?

[Choque]

16,90€ with sales taxes, yea. In germany prices are normally with sales taxes as you always have to pay them if you buy something so the shops don't bother writing the prices without the sales taxes. And well, since I'll order more parts from the shop in which I'll buy the RAM (parts for the HTPC too) I only have to pay for shipping once

[eskro]

oki doki

[Choque]

And about the Hotswap Drive Bay...like I said, I'll get the first one from a co-worker who doesn't need it anymore so no costs for it And since I don't have a unRAID license key and 4TB storage space is enough (for now) I'm good with that one 3-in-2 Hotswap Drive Bay right now

[Choque]

So the complete setup looks like this (finally)

Case: Lian Li PC-C37B (94,92€
Board: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3, G41 (43,50€
CPU: Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3400, 2x 2.60GHz, boxed (36,19€
GPU: EVGA GeForce GT 430, 1GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI (54,61€
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 380, 380W ATX 2.2 (45,79€
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 4GB PC3-8500U CL7 (DDR3-1066) (33,91€
HDD: Kingston SSDNow S100 16GB, 2.5", SATA II (43,31€

Total: 352,23€

Case: Sharkoon Avenger Economy Edition (29,90€
Board: ASRock 880GM-LE, 880G (53,50€
CPU: AMD Sempron 140 (27,02€
PSU: Corsair CX 430W ATX 2.3 (35,10€
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2GB PC3-10667U CL9 (DDR3-1333) (16,89€
Hot Swap Drive Bays: 3-in-2 HDD Cage (which I'll get from a co-worker)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€

Total: 357,28€

[eskro]

that looks perfect choque!!

[poofyhairguy]

That does look pretty awesome. Love the unraid case!

[eskro]

That does look pretty awesome. Love the unraid case!

+1 for the case

[Choque]

Just a question. Would the Zotac GeForce GT 430 Zone Edition fit the Lian Li PC-C37B? Using a passive cooled GPU over an active cooled would lower the noise of the HTPC a little

[poofyhairguy]

No. You need a low-profile GPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product

[Choque]

Thought so Okay then I'll just stick with my setup

[Choque]

What I'm wondering about right now is this

The Video card only requires a 300w power supply but needs a 12v current rating of 22a.. All the power supplies at newegg.com under 400w only had like 14a-16a ratings on the 12v... The only one I could find was this 400w gamer power supply which has 30a on the 12v...

The Antec Earthwatts 380 has +12V1@17A and +12V2@15A so according to dan350zr, that's not enough to power the GT 430. Does someone know more about this?

Also, this card should fit my case - Sparkle GeForce GT 430 Passiv, 1GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI

Passiv and low profile from what I see on the picture

[Subliminal Aura]

What I'm wondering about right now is this

The Antec Earthwatts 380 has +12V1@17A and +12V2@15A so according to dan350zr, that's not enough to power the GT 430. Does someone know more about this?

Also, this card should fit my case - Sparkle GeForce GT 430 Passiv, 1GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI

Passiv and low profile from what I see on the picture

How many jiggawatts does this card consume ?

For me you should be fine with the EW380 not sure why they quote a 12v 22a rail requirement ? 12v 22a = 264W !!! Way more than is needed.

Please post the spec of the rest of the system