[LIVE]First true HTPC

Ok, thanks for everything eskro! Setup now looks like this

Quote:Case: Lian Li PC-C37A Muse silber, Alu
Board: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3, G41
CPU: Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3400, 2x 2.60GHz, boxed
GPU: Sparkle GeForce GT 430, 2GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 380, 380W ATX 2.2
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 4GB PC3-8500U CL7 (DDR3-1066)
HDD: Kingston SSDNow S100 16GB, 2.5", SATA II
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II

I'm just hoping that'll fit into the case

Choque Wrote:Ok, thanks for everything eskro! Setup now looks like this

I'm just hoping that'll fit into the case

Looks good to me, especially if your using the stock CPU cooler. You'll get great performance with the core 2 and ssd combo.

Be sure to post pictures of the completed build!

I guess I'll replace the stock CPU cooler with a Scythe Big Shuriken

Choque Wrote:I guess I'll replace the stock CPU cooler with a Scythe Big Shuriken

dont need to... at least for now.... save the money...

what about the cases, you checked them all?
have you checked the SilverStone GD05B (Black)?

why 16GB SSD? 8GB is perfect for Linux...

and are you buying from newegg?

Yea, I wanted to go with the 8GB version first (especially cause I'll most likely use openelec) but the 8GB version only got 90MB/s read speed while the 16GB version got 230MB/s read speed. And the price difference is only 11€.
I've checked several HTPC cases and the PC-C37A has exactly the same width as the Onkyo TX-SR608 (435mm) which would make it perfect for putting one on top of the other.
And no, I use a price checking homepage to find the cheapest deal on each of the items. Also, I don't think newegg delivers to Germany.

11€ for 230MB/s read speed is a sweet deal, eSkRo approved!!

try this for your price checks --> http://www.google.de/products

Hehe
I'm using this site here http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/ Used it for many stuff already and it's really reliable

ok lets see how reliable
tell me the prices of your hardware choice!

Ok, here they come

Quote:Case: Lian Li PC-C37A Muse silber, Alu (110,97€
Board: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3, G41 (44,82€
CPU: Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3400, 2x 2.60GHz, boxed (35,58€
GPU: EVGA GeForce GT 430, 1GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI (54,86€ (Still not sure though if there's a difference between the EVGA and the Sparkle GT 430)
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 380, 380W ATX 2.2 (45,85€
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 4GB PC3-8500U CL7 (DDR3-1066) (34,11€
HDD: Kingston SSDNow S100 16GB, 2.5", SATA II (43,56€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,96€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,96€

There you go

€dit: Right now I'm thinking about the Zacate solution...Of course I'd have to go with Windows + XBMC instead of OpenELEC but since there are already people who confirmed it's possible to run H264 high bitrate MKVs with ~15% CPU usage under XBMC on Ubuntu 10.10 and since there will be people looking further into this subject, I guess the Zacate might be a nice option. I thought about this setup particulary

Quote:Board/CPU/GPU: ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe, A50M (PC3-8500U DDR3) (90-MIBER0-G0UBY0WZ) (126,08€ (I love this GIANT passiv cooler Check the picture out below)
Case: Lian Li PC-C37A Muse silber, Alu (110,97€
RAM: Kingston HyperX blu. DIMM 4GB PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-27 (DDR3-1600) (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) (38,76€
HDD: Corsair Nova V32, 32GB, 2.5", SATA II (CSSD-V32GB2) (62,31€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,96€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,96€

The only question would be which PSU to use for this setup

wait, Choque, did u include shipping cost there?