Ongoing HTPC build review (1 Viewer)

[OregonRider]

On PC Partpicker I've created
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/OregonRider/saved/4jhl

I already own a Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card and am building this system around that. Maybe I don't need to do that. ??

Parts Picker says that this card and the motherboard are compatible.

Photos of the ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard make it appear that this video card will not be compatible.

Photo of video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202084 Photo of motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157464

Can I trust PC Partpicker?

 

[powermarcel10]

If I may give you some suggestions; if you use an serperate graphic card, go for an Intel i3 CPU. Much more performance and it uses less power as fas as I know..

Also, the CPU cooler is a bit to much in my opinion..

Maybe you can buy a cheaper one, and investigate it in a 128GB SSD, and a bit schraper 5400 rpm HDD. You should not build an (HT)PC without an SSD anno 2014! It give you a reallyi huge performance boost!
Another option is an SSHD. (Combination of a normal HDD with 8GB SSD cache on it)

Last suggestion; RAM is not so expensive these days.. Go for 8GB to be more future proof.. You can buy it allready for 60/70 US bugs I think.