OK, so I'm looking to build my first HTPC. I currently have all my media on a 2TB drive on my computer and have it setup in my bedroom. It works OK - I have it setup with XBMC and use the iphone remote to control it. I also have a boxee box in the living room that gets the media via SMB.
The problem: I want my computer back, as a computer, heh...Also my 2 TB drive is almost full and I have no more room in my PC.
What I'd like to do is have a nice HTPC in my living room (if small enough), or have the HTPC in my bedroom (if i go with the mid tower)...then have the boxee box in the other room. I want to make it so that it lasts a while and will be able to stream to a few bedrooms at once when I upgrade to more rooms. However, I don't want to go overboard as I'm definitely not rich. I'd also like the ability to rip blue ray. I'll also be running couchpotato and sickbeard from this machine. It would be nice if it could play some games like WoW - not sure I'd use it but it'd be nice.
Here's what I'm looking at for the moment:
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower ATX Case - $60 (I like this because of the ability to expand the HDs so much as I'm sure I'll need more in the future after I get all of my DVD/BD collection on this.
Processor: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-3570K-Processor-cores-BX80637I53570K/dp/B007SZ0E1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341858131&sr=1-1&keywords=ivy+bridge - $230
Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 AMD CrossFireX/NVIDIA SLI - $150
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit - $97
SSD: Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - $105
3.5 HD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB - $150 (I'll also throw in my 2 TB from my other computer).
Blue-Ray Drive: Pioneer Electronics USA Internal BD Writer - $76
Anything I'm missing?
Thanks very much for any thoughts! I've done some reading, but definitely new to this arena.
Thanks,
Jeremy
The problem: I want my computer back, as a computer, heh...Also my 2 TB drive is almost full and I have no more room in my PC.
What I'd like to do is have a nice HTPC in my living room (if small enough), or have the HTPC in my bedroom (if i go with the mid tower)...then have the boxee box in the other room. I want to make it so that it lasts a while and will be able to stream to a few bedrooms at once when I upgrade to more rooms. However, I don't want to go overboard as I'm definitely not rich. I'd also like the ability to rip blue ray. I'll also be running couchpotato and sickbeard from this machine. It would be nice if it could play some games like WoW - not sure I'd use it but it'd be nice.
Here's what I'm looking at for the moment:
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower ATX Case - $60 (I like this because of the ability to expand the HDs so much as I'm sure I'll need more in the future after I get all of my DVD/BD collection on this.
Processor: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-3570K-Processor-cores-BX80637I53570K/dp/B007SZ0E1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341858131&sr=1-1&keywords=ivy+bridge - $230
Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 AMD CrossFireX/NVIDIA SLI - $150
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit - $97
SSD: Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - $105
3.5 HD: Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB - $150 (I'll also throw in my 2 TB from my other computer).
Blue-Ray Drive: Pioneer Electronics USA Internal BD Writer - $76
Anything I'm missing?
Thanks very much for any thoughts! I've done some reading, but definitely new to this arena.
Thanks,
Jeremy