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post #1 of 19
10/13/12 at 9:31am
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I'm building a HTPC with in the next month or so. I have this designed so far what to you thing...I have to spare HDD I will use for recording and I have all my movies stored on my server.

what do you think?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=25228747
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post #2 of 19
10/13/12 at 2:27pm

Not bad. May I ask you why you took an i3? You could take an APU for a lower price whichh as better gpu.

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post #3 of 19
10/13/12 at 2:38pm
i would go with this:

CPU/GPU $130
A10 5800k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280

Motherboard $75
Asrock FM2A75 Pro4-M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157334

Ram $23
Team Xtreem Dark 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313081

SSD $100
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791

I would keep all the other components though
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post #4 of 19
10/13/12 at 2:48pm
Looks great, but I would seriously drop the SSD.

For HTPC there is very little to any benefit.


If you are smart about it, a standard HDD with a relatively clean windows install will boot pretty quick.

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post #5 of 19
10/13/12 at 2:54pm
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I guess I really never look at the newer AMD chip. I had a bad experience with them in the past.I think I might go that way.

why did you pick that ram?
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post #6 of 19
10/13/12 at 2:57pm
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I guess I really never look at the newer AMD chip. I had a bad experience with them in the past.I think I might go that way.
why did you pick that ram?


You should use at least 1600mhz if using an igp.

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post #7 of 19
10/13/12 at 3:04pm
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why not this ram

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post #8 of 19
10/13/12 at 3:11pm
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why not this ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233334


2x2gb is faster than 1x4gb

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post #9 of 19
10/13/12 at 8:03pm
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I guess I really never look at the newer AMD chip. I had a bad experience with them in the past.I think I might go that way.
why did you pick that ram?
amds igpu eats up memory, so dual channel high frequency is good, but 1600mhz is enough. just dont use 1333mhz or single channel
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post #10 of 19
10/13/12 at 9:31pm
I would actually recommend the SSD. Once you get used to it, there's really no going back. If you're trying to save a little money though, you can drop it down in size. But if you're hell bent on 128 like I am in my build, I'd recommend the Samsung 830. It's got great reviews and it's $10 cheaper. While I do have a 240GB Vertex III in my main PC and haven't had any issues with it (just the marvel controller making it disappear every now and then on a whim - moving it to the intel sata port fixed that problem), others have claimed they find other brands like the Samsung to be a little more reliable. Keep in mind, I use the optimizer strategy on my main pc where the user folder is actually on the hard disk drive (D drive) so the SSD (C drive) is not being constantly written to. Which I recommend for any SSD setup.

You can see my HTPC build here. I'm just wondering if I should wait to buy everything for a week or two to see if the holiday shopping season presents some lower prices.

Like the gentleman mentioned above, while I've strictly stayed away from AMD in the past, there's just too much good to be said about the Trinity chips to pass them up. They're perfect for HTPCs.
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