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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 929073" data-attributes="member: 76888">If I had $2000 I could buy a $2000 computer that would last 4 years, or I could buy a $1400 that would last 3 years then sell it for $400 and get another $1400 computer, giving me a total of 6 years. It's not always best to buy the most expensive you can afford.&nbsp;I just put together a new HTPC<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/silverstone-grandia-gd07-ideal-large-htpc-case.113436/" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/silverstone-grandia-gd07-ideal-large-htpc-case.113436/</a>&nbsp;I think an i3-2100 CPU would last 4-6 years in an HTPC. I don't know much about the AMD CPUs, but probably looking at an A6 or A8, whichever one is similar in price to the i3-2100.Ram - 8gb is heaps, doesn't need to be expensive or fast ram.HDD - I'd go for a small 128gb SSD and a larger 3TB media drive (3TB is the largest size you can buy, you can buy larger but you'd pay more than 5x the price per megabyte)Video Card - Don't use the onboard video that comes with i3-2100 CPU, you need a seperate video card eg. ATI HD6450 ATI HD7750. I don't know the nvidia ones, but I'd assume that any current generation nvidia card would be fine for HTPC.Remote control - You should buy MCE remote + receiver, or an MCE clone remote + receiver (around $20-40 on ebay)&nbsp;I get the feeling you don't know a lot about computers which is unfortunately in that you can't just buy the parts seperately.&nbsp;You just need to use one or more of those methods. I will change my answer to make it simpler and just say you should buy the 5x inline resisters for $2. then add them as needed 0,1,or 2 of them to every case fan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 929073, member: 76888"] If I had $2000 I could buy a $2000 computer that would last 4 years, or I could buy a $1400 that would last 3 years then sell it for $400 and get another $1400 computer, giving me a total of 6 years. It's not always best to buy the most expensive you can afford. I just put together a new HTPC [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/silverstone-grandia-gd07-ideal-large-htpc-case.113436/[/url] I think an i3-2100 CPU would last 4-6 years in an HTPC. I don't know much about the AMD CPUs, but probably looking at an A6 or A8, whichever one is similar in price to the i3-2100. Ram - 8gb is heaps, doesn't need to be expensive or fast ram. HDD - I'd go for a small 128gb SSD and a larger 3TB media drive (3TB is the largest size you can buy, you can buy larger but you'd pay more than 5x the price per megabyte) Video Card - Don't use the onboard video that comes with i3-2100 CPU, you need a seperate video card eg. ATI HD6450 ATI HD7750. I don't know the nvidia ones, but I'd assume that any current generation nvidia card would be fine for HTPC. Remote control - You should buy MCE remote + receiver, or an MCE clone remote + receiver (around $20-40 on ebay) I get the feeling you don't know a lot about computers which is unfortunately in that you can't just buy the parts seperately. You just need to use one or more of those methods. I will change my answer to make it simpler and just say you should buy the 5x inline resisters for $2. then add them as needed 0,1,or 2 of them to every case fan. [/QUOTE]

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