Hi there, forum folks.
I was hoping someone could give me some assistance with a HTPC build as I am woefully unqualified to figure this stuff out myself.
I will try to keep this succinct, but some background info is probably relevant. 2 years ago I decided to build a HTPC. I ordered parts, built the system, and pretty much stopped there. My HTPC had now become a desktop PC, which sits in the basement office.
The reason for my never getting around to hooking it up as a HTPC? I already had 3 PS3s (2 wired, 1 WIFI), one WDTV and a portable hard drive that I would move around from device to device as necessary, but the hassle of moving media from the newly built PC (which pretty much is only used for downloading media now) to the hard drive was getting to be a pain in my wife's rear. I did have some success in changing over to media servers such as Plex, PS3 media Server, Serviio, etc. and because of this, I never got around to setting up the HTPC as an HTPC.
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, my house gets struck by lightning, and fries my motherboard. Since I now have to rebuild it anyway, why not do it up right now as a true HTPC, not relegated to my basement, but proudly displayed in my TV stand, and hooked up to my TV, and sending my media to the far reaches of my other TV's.
Here's what I have (I have confirmed that everything but MB is still operational):
AMD A6-3670K Quad Core 2.7GHz processor
Biostar A75MH Motherboard (dead)
8GB DDR3 1600 Ram
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DL003 2TB HD
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card
Need a new case - HTPC case preferred
How would I turn these existing parts into a (hopefully) virtually silent HTPC capable of playing my existing media and Netflix, as well as allowing me to stream to my other TVs (still have the PS3s and WDTV). Must be wife/kid friendly, so remote control/keyboard recommendations are welcome. Budget is a concern, but I don't mind spending $300 - $400 if I HAVE to.
Thanks for reading!
I was hoping someone could give me some assistance with a HTPC build as I am woefully unqualified to figure this stuff out myself.
I will try to keep this succinct, but some background info is probably relevant. 2 years ago I decided to build a HTPC. I ordered parts, built the system, and pretty much stopped there. My HTPC had now become a desktop PC, which sits in the basement office.
The reason for my never getting around to hooking it up as a HTPC? I already had 3 PS3s (2 wired, 1 WIFI), one WDTV and a portable hard drive that I would move around from device to device as necessary, but the hassle of moving media from the newly built PC (which pretty much is only used for downloading media now) to the hard drive was getting to be a pain in my wife's rear. I did have some success in changing over to media servers such as Plex, PS3 media Server, Serviio, etc. and because of this, I never got around to setting up the HTPC as an HTPC.
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, my house gets struck by lightning, and fries my motherboard. Since I now have to rebuild it anyway, why not do it up right now as a true HTPC, not relegated to my basement, but proudly displayed in my TV stand, and hooked up to my TV, and sending my media to the far reaches of my other TV's.
Here's what I have (I have confirmed that everything but MB is still operational):
AMD A6-3670K Quad Core 2.7GHz processor
Biostar A75MH Motherboard (dead)
8GB DDR3 1600 Ram
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DL003 2TB HD
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card
Need a new case - HTPC case preferred
How would I turn these existing parts into a (hopefully) virtually silent HTPC capable of playing my existing media and Netflix, as well as allowing me to stream to my other TVs (still have the PS3s and WDTV). Must be wife/kid friendly, so remote control/keyboard recommendations are welcome. Budget is a concern, but I don't mind spending $300 - $400 if I HAVE to.
Thanks for reading!