I have been building HTPC systems for a little while now, and our house is now powered by an HTPC in almost every room. As I have had neighbors, family, friends, etc. all comment on how incredible our setup is, I have been mulling over the idea of putting together a build that would work well for the average (inexperienced) end-user. I would basically be building these with a small markup for my time invested as more people were interested and wanted one. I have invested well over 5,000$ at least into our setup, but the following build would be as low cost as possible while still providing the most powerful/feature rich system possible.
Please give me any thoughts/feedback/etc. on the build, as I do plan to use this as my model for building these for other people. I was quite happy with the amount of performance I was able to squeeze into the package for a mere 275$ or so. If it looks good, I also welcome anyone to use it for their own low budget HTPC builds as well, especially with any improvements made by the OC.net members.
CORE PARTS:
CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5Ghz Dual Core
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116408
Price: 52.99$
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253
Price: 22.99$
Motherboard: Biostar LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138332
Price: 49.99$
Case: APEX Black/Silver Micro ATX HTPC Case w/ 275w PSU
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154061
Price: 45.99$
Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3.5" Drive
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Price: 69.99$
Wireless: Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCIe 2.0 Adapter 150Mbps
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166047
Price: 11.99$
Total Price: 253.94$
EXTRA PARTS:
Remote: SANOXY Wireless USB PC Remote Control Mouse
URL: http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-Wireless-Remote-Control-Mouse/dp/B001M56DI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346056122&sr=8-1&keywords=SANOXY+Wireless+USB+PC+Remote+Control+Mouse+for+PC
Price: 8.99$
HDMI Cable: Link Depot 6FT HDMI to HDMI A/V Cable
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189053
Price: 2.99$
Total Price: 265.92$
Please give me any thoughts/feedback/etc. on the build, as I do plan to use this as my model for building these for other people. I was quite happy with the amount of performance I was able to squeeze into the package for a mere 275$ or so. If it looks good, I also welcome anyone to use it for their own low budget HTPC builds as well, especially with any improvements made by the OC.net members.
CORE PARTS:
CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5Ghz Dual Core
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116408
Price: 52.99$
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253
Price: 22.99$
Motherboard: Biostar LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138332
Price: 49.99$
Case: APEX Black/Silver Micro ATX HTPC Case w/ 275w PSU
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154061
Price: 45.99$
Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3.5" Drive
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Price: 69.99$
Wireless: Rosewill 802.11b/g/n PCIe 2.0 Adapter 150Mbps
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166047
Price: 11.99$
Total Price: 253.94$
EXTRA PARTS:
Remote: SANOXY Wireless USB PC Remote Control Mouse
URL: http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-Wireless-Remote-Control-Mouse/dp/B001M56DI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346056122&sr=8-1&keywords=SANOXY+Wireless+USB+PC+Remote+Control+Mouse+for+PC
Price: 8.99$
HDMI Cable: Link Depot 6FT HDMI to HDMI A/V Cable
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189053
Price: 2.99$
Total Price: 265.92$
