Hi guys,just a few days ago I discovered the world of HTPC's and I'm on my way to building my first HTPC.
I am trying to do it on the cheap ($350ish) and here is what I have so far, can you guys take a look and tell me
if I am lacking power?
It will be used on a 55" plasma (in a couple of months) mostly for watching movies from ISO files, DVD's and streeaming (Hulu/Netflix) so I want to make sure it can handle it. Also I have a DVD drive now but I will be replacing it with a blu-ray so I want to make sure it can handle that too.
I dont have a large HDD in the list since I plan on using a 500GB 7200rpm one I have at home and can always expand down the line. But I think the 8GB SSD although SATA 3GB should give me good boot-up speed, no?
I am mostly worried about the CPU/GPU (which is the onboard Radeon HD 4250 on this motherboard)
LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04
BIOSTAR TA880GU3+ AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.1GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX445WFGMBOX
Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3K2/4GR
Kingston SSDNow S100 SS100S2/8G 2.5" 8GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7K09BBA30FNRX Micro ATX Media Center 300W Power Supply / HTPC Case
As a side note I will need a basic TV tuner card and if you can think of a decent one off the top of your head please post.
Thanks!
--komita--
I am trying to do it on the cheap ($350ish) and here is what I have so far, can you guys take a look and tell me
if I am lacking power?
It will be used on a 55" plasma (in a couple of months) mostly for watching movies from ISO files, DVD's and streeaming (Hulu/Netflix) so I want to make sure it can handle it. Also I have a DVD drive now but I will be replacing it with a blu-ray so I want to make sure it can handle that too.
I dont have a large HDD in the list since I plan on using a 500GB 7200rpm one I have at home and can always expand down the line. But I think the 8GB SSD although SATA 3GB should give me good boot-up speed, no?
I am mostly worried about the CPU/GPU (which is the onboard Radeon HD 4250 on this motherboard)
LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04
BIOSTAR TA880GU3+ AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.1GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX445WFGMBOX
Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3K2/4GR
Kingston SSDNow S100 SS100S2/8G 2.5" 8GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7K09BBA30FNRX Micro ATX Media Center 300W Power Supply / HTPC Case
As a side note I will need a basic TV tuner card and if you can think of a decent one off the top of your head please post.
Thanks!
--komita--