- Jan 6, 2013
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Hi All,
I finally convinced my wife it was time to ditch DirectTV. I've been researching HTPCs for a few days and would just like a critique of my build. I'm including all my items that I'll be upgrading in order to accomplish my goals.
My goal for the system is to be able to record OTA broadcasts, stream netflix / amazon etc. Honestly it will probably end up playing Mickey Mouse 8 hours a day for my kids... I could care less about 3-D movies, and have an I7 upstairs for gaming.
I'm a tad over budget but I honestly can't think of anything in particular to save costs besides ditching the SSD and maybe getting a smaller hard drive.
Anyway what does everyone think?
Thanks,
Tom
PS anyway besides the HTML tag to get a list to copy and paste in easily?
I finally convinced my wife it was time to ditch DirectTV. I've been researching HTPCs for a few days and would just like a critique of my build. I'm including all my items that I'll be upgrading in order to accomplish my goals.
My goal for the system is to be able to record OTA broadcasts, stream netflix / amazon etc. Honestly it will probably end up playing Mickey Mouse 8 hours a day for my kids... I could care less about 3-D movies, and have an I7 upstairs for gaming.
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Component Name Price Supplier
Router Linksys E4200 79.99 Cisco
Tuner SiliconDust HDHomRun Dual Tuner 81.56 Amazon
Case SilverStone Micro ATX ML03B 59.99 Amazon
Power Supply Antec NEO ECO 400c 400W 33.99 Amazon
Motherboard ASRock DDR 1333 Intel LGA-1155 H77M 64.99 Amazon
Processor Intel G540 CPU 2.5 LGA 1155 44.99 Amazon
Ram Crucial Ballistix 4GB 2x2GB DDR 1866 18.99 Newegg
DVD Drive Lite-On DVD/CD 23.99 Newegg
SSD 64Gb Crucial C300 59.99 Work
Hard Drive Western Digital 3 TB Green 129.99 Amazon
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 99.99 Newegg
Controller Logitech K400 29.99 Amazon
Wifi Card ASUS PCE-N15 26.99 Amazon
Total 755.44
I'm a tad over budget but I honestly can't think of anything in particular to save costs besides ditching the SSD and maybe getting a smaller hard drive.
Anyway what does everyone think?
Thanks,
Tom
PS anyway besides the HTML tag to get a list to copy and paste in easily?