Hey I am looking at the best way to build my father-in-law a new computer and since he mainly uses it for surfing the internet and music/movies I thought it would be really good idea to set it up as a htpc server for him since he has two apple tvs in his house. Therefore I was hoping you guys could maybe give me a little advice on the build?
What I have so far:
NZXT H2 case
3-1TB HDD set up in RAID 5
1-60gb SSD for the OS
(so it runs fast and boots fast for surfing the internet)
500W PSU (too much?)
Intel i3 (dont know if it has integrated graphics or not)
nVidia GTS 450 (would love to remove this if not needed to reduce the cost)
4GB of RAM (two sticks of 2GB)
Blu-ray drive (anyone know who makes a really good one?)
ASUS ATX mobo(mainly looking for good cheap one that has RAID support already)
As I said he would be basically be using this for music, movies, and internet and I thought it would be really nice to setup something for him that he could store movies to so he can access them through his apple tv.
I would put a cable tuner card in it as well but he doesnt watch cable often and the cable company here also makes you install a special decoder box as well.....dont ask me why...but when my sister got her tivo box they also had to bring in their own box to decode the signal.....
Also He would like to keep it under 1k and I am at 950 right now and he would still need to get a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.....and knowing him he wants a 24" monitor
Any input would be appreciated. I have more experience with building gaming rigs than the HTPC.
What I have so far:
NZXT H2 case
3-1TB HDD set up in RAID 5
1-60gb SSD for the OS
(so it runs fast and boots fast for surfing the internet)
500W PSU (too much?)
Intel i3 (dont know if it has integrated graphics or not)
nVidia GTS 450 (would love to remove this if not needed to reduce the cost)
4GB of RAM (two sticks of 2GB)
Blu-ray drive (anyone know who makes a really good one?)
ASUS ATX mobo(mainly looking for good cheap one that has RAID support already)
As I said he would be basically be using this for music, movies, and internet and I thought it would be really nice to setup something for him that he could store movies to so he can access them through his apple tv.
I would put a cable tuner card in it as well but he doesnt watch cable often and the cable company here also makes you install a special decoder box as well.....dont ask me why...but when my sister got her tivo box they also had to bring in their own box to decode the signal.....
Also He would like to keep it under 1k and I am at 950 right now and he would still need to get a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.....and knowing him he wants a 24" monitor
Any input would be appreciated. I have more experience with building gaming rigs than the HTPC.