Ongoing Blu-Ray + gaming + HTPC build - look good? (1 Viewer)

[Lurgid]

Hello, all. I'm about to dip into the world of HTPC and Blu-Ray. I'd like to game (Everquest II, Battlefield, Half-Life, Need for Speed, etc.) on this machine sporadically, as well. Let me know if I'm off track here at all, or spending money needlessly:

VL System M-Play 202 Plus - Black ~70
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 Desktop Memory - Retail ~48
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM ~90
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail ~80
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network-based Dual Digital HDTV Tuner Ethernet Interface - Retail ~160
SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail ~90
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor Model AD775ZWCGHBOX - Retail ~68
2x Scythe SY1225SL12M 120mm "Slipstream" Case Fan - Retail ~14
Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve "NINJA MINI" CPU Cooler - Retail ~30
LG Black Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GGC-H20L - Retail ~110
APEVIA Black SECC Steel / Aluminum X-MASTER-BK/500 ATX Media Center / HTPC Case - Retail ~70

Grand Total $830 + S/H

 

[Lupismaximus]

Everything looks good, but I would choose a different passive cooler. Check out Overclockers website to get an idea of what is cooling well.

 

[moab]

Is there a passive/silent cooler for your Vid Card?
Silence is highly desireable in HTPC.
I had to upgrade my Vid Card stock fan to a Zalman passive cooler.
My HTPC is below ambient noise level now i.e. effectively silent.
My stock case fans are all quiet enough.
For some reason stock video card fans are often very noisey.

 

[drealit]

Ya the Ninja Mini is a great cooler... but the Kuma is a rather warm CPU... and you really should overclock it because it's highly overclockable and because of this I don't think the Mini could handle it safely.