[eudora]

Looking to have a htpc to connect to my 47inch led tv via hdmi. No home theatre setup etc so should be pretty simple. I have a PS3 too, so bluray is settled there.


primary usage

1) Hulu, espn3, online streaming video mainly

2) Web browsing

3) Play games like Civ 5 and Diablo 3(when its out)

4) Photoshop and lightroom for photo editing (also intend for it to store all my photos)

5) Flash and Visual Studio for coding and work


Everything from newegg. Already have Win7 and wireless keyboard/mouse set. Buget as close to $500 as possible.


SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ...


G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL


Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I3530


LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Reader SATA Model iHOS104-06 - OEM


nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Acrylic / Steel HTPC 5000B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case


SAPPHIRE 100289L Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ATI ...


ASRock H55M-LE LGA 1156 Intel H55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard



Any comments? I would like to have as little noise and power usage as possible too.. :/

Was considering Mac Mini too but seems over priced for its parts...

 

[assassin]

Looks perfect.


With the exception of the motherboard (I like Gigabyte) it looks like one of my builds.

 

[Deja-vue]

I only see one Hard Drive.

I always like to keep the OS separate from Files or Movie-images.

So I would go with a smaller, (Laptop Drive perhaps?) 250 GB for the OS, and then any Size for the Storage.

SSD's are becoming affordable, too.

Everything else looks great.

just my $0.02

 

[assassin]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Deja-vue /forum/post/19558335


I only see one Hard Drive.

I always like to keep the OS separate from Files or Movie-images.

So I would go with a smaller, (Laptop Drive perhaps?) 250 GB for the OS, and then any Size for the Storage.

SSD's are becoming affordable, too.

Everything else looks great.

just my $0.02

SSDs are nice, but not mandatory.


Many report that the Samsung 2TB F4 is actually almost as fast as a WD Black. I think you could easily partition 40-50GB for the OS and use the rest of the HD as storage and have a very nice machine.


But since you want to game on this you might want to get a separate HD/SSD for the OS and games.

 

[eudora]

Thanks guys, forgot to mention that I also intend to use it as photos storage.

Also using photoshop, lightroom, flash, visual studio on it to application development + photo editing.


I was actually thinking of changing it to a 1TB 7200rpm hdd. Won't hosting 2 hdd increase power consumption and heat within the casing?

 

[Deja-vue]

That Corsair PSU will do it with ease.

And for the Storage, well...you can never have enough.

That Samsung Drive, as well as the WD Green Drives, runs pretty cool.

I still would run separate Drives, though.

 

[eudora]

Actually re-looked at SSD and pretty tempted by its speed..

Thinking of getting a 32 gb ssd for Windows and Applciations
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227510


Then add a 1 TB hdd for storage of everything else..


Question, can the casing hold 2 of them?

 

[assassin]

Don't get a 1TB for storage.


Get the 2TB Samsung F4 Green for $80 shipped.