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post #1 of 6
8/6/12 at 12:08pm
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Hey...just trying to get a budget build together for consolidation of my Boxee + Ubuntu server setup and wanted some feedback on these parts:

Intel Pentium G620 Sandy Bridge (Refurbished)- $34.99
ASRock H61M/U3S3 MicroATX Motherboard (Open Box) - $48.99
MSI N430GT-MD1G/LP GeForce GT 430 Ready Low Profile Video Card - $26.99
PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK III 400W Modular 80+ Bronze Power Supply - $49.99
Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case - $49

Total cost is $209.96

Price and parts seem pretty decent, but I would love some advice on whether this under powered for my needs?
Or whether upgrading anything would make it more future proof?

I would also prefer a decent low profile cooler these days? Is the shuriken still a good option?
I will be replacing all fans with some "silent" varieties to ensure I cant hear it from the couch biggrin.gif

I already have ram and ssd/hdd so that makes things a little easier on the budget smile.gif
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8/6/12 at 5:52pm
Are you running linux or windows? ( I see you're currently running ubuntu server, but just wondering) If linux, what distro? How much ram? What are storage drive sizes? What are you doing for sound (passthrough via HDMI or other source)?
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8/7/12 at 8:32am
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Originally Posted by herkalurk View Post

Are you running linux or windows? ( I see you're currently running ubuntu server, but just wondering) If linux, what distro? How much ram? What are storage drive sizes? What are you doing for sound (passthrough via HDMI or other source)?

Bitstream HD Audio pass through via hdmi like you mentioned smile.gif

Very tempted to run OpenELEC which is a distro purely for XBMC but it can only bitstream HD audio on some older experimental builds, so I might have to stick with Windows until that issue gets sorted out

4-8gb of ram as I have some laying around

Just 2 x 2tb green drives to keep heat and noise at a minimum, although I would love larger drives I just have to wait until the prices drop after those thailand floods frown.gif
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post #4 of 6
9/7/12 at 4:22am
save a couple of bucks and use the built in HDMI, ditch the video card you chose. I have that same motherboard with a G540 CPU and it runs 1080p with no problems at all.
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post #5 of 6
9/8/12 at 5:02pm
Hey, both you and fventura03 are both using the ASRock H61M/U3S3 MicroATX Motherboard, I had a question; do either of you experience an intermittent squeal or squelch while listening to anything. I just built a HTPC, see Tosche Station build, and no matter what I'm doing, streaming music or movies, watching online content or using files on local hard drive, there is a noise that pops up every 30-45 seconds. It's not noticeable if no sound, like during quiet parts of shows, but when it pops up during a line or in music, it's like the person just became a robot for a second. My wife and I want to cut the cable cord, but if I can't get rid of this annoyance, I don't know if she'll go for it...

I have so many ideas on what it could be. First, I thought maybe I just have crappy onboard sound with the U3S3, then again, it might be because I'm just running everything through just Ubuntu(MAJOR LINUX NOOB). Then I was thinking, It's my audio set up between HTPC and receiver. My set up is as follows; HDMI out of U3S3 into HDMI on HDTV, Optical Audio out of TV into Audio Receiver (from like 2005?) and then out through speakers. My receiver can handle DTS and it's 5.1, but could that be the problem? Receiver is overloaded by signal? This is the first time I've ever experienced anything like this. My PS3 never did anything like this or when I plugged my wife's laptop into the tv nothing like this happened. I have listened to music on XBMC, watched movies on Movie Player and VLC and watched the Daily show and Colbert report streaming through Firefox, They all experienced the squeel.

I will be posting about this in the HTPC section, but since I saw that you both had the same motherboard and use linux, I figured I would ask. Thanks.
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post #6 of 6
9/9/12 at 4:42am
bad cable maybe? I dont have any interference here...

I have three HTPC's with the same motherboard, none of them have that issue. maybe you have a bad motherboard if it's not the cable...
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