Windeos
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I've got roughly £1500 to purchase a new computer system. I have read through the HTPC FAQ quite a few times and feel I need to get feedback before I move onto purchase materials.
I currently have a 50" full hd tv with Onkyo 607 receiver and q acoustic 5.1 set up so adding a HTPC should do the trick.
I'm thinking I could put together a HTPC rather than just a normal pc. I would be using it for watching Blu rays and playing games. I want it to be future proof so therefore am looking to build a top unit. I've never built a pc before but I feel confident in being around computers for years and my cousin has experience of putting together pc's and will be giving me a hand.
I'm looking for some help in regards the actually hardware I'm looking to purchase.
I've looked at quite a few builds and I'm basically copying Razor's machine without water cooling.
Case: Silverstone LC17 SilverStone SST-LC17B (Black) aluminium Front & SECC Body Desktop case (w/o PSU) - Scan.co.uk
Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Intel X58, SLi/Xfire, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1066/1333/1600(OC), SATAII, ATX - Scan.co.uk
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Memory: OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz PC3-16000C10 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G2000LV6GK)
Graphics: Radeon HD 4870 x2 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY RADEON HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 review cheap prices RADEON HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY best buy discount online uk shop
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 70SB088600000 - Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional - Scan.co.uk
Power Supply: Corsair HX 620W Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ - Scan.co.uk
Opticial drive: LG Blu-ray Disc Rewriter LG Super Multi Blu-Ray 6X ReWritter and HD-DVD ROM Drive Internal (Black) (GGW-H20L.AUAR) at TSI Europe
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit (with Windows 7 upgrade) 66R-03061 - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit English 1pk OEM + Windows 7 Offer Form - Scan.co.uk
All of the above (without postage costs) totals £1366. If anyone notices something that isn't worth the cost let me know please.
I understand I haven't included a CPU cooler or any fans for that matter. Could someone basically help me out to get some cooling going in the system or again anything I've missed. Thanks for anyone who helps
I currently have a 50" full hd tv with Onkyo 607 receiver and q acoustic 5.1 set up so adding a HTPC should do the trick.
I'm thinking I could put together a HTPC rather than just a normal pc. I would be using it for watching Blu rays and playing games. I want it to be future proof so therefore am looking to build a top unit. I've never built a pc before but I feel confident in being around computers for years and my cousin has experience of putting together pc's and will be giving me a hand.
I'm looking for some help in regards the actually hardware I'm looking to purchase.
I've looked at quite a few builds and I'm basically copying Razor's machine without water cooling.
Case: Silverstone LC17 SilverStone SST-LC17B (Black) aluminium Front & SECC Body Desktop case (w/o PSU) - Scan.co.uk
Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Intel X58, SLi/Xfire, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1066/1333/1600(OC), SATAII, ATX - Scan.co.uk
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Memory: OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz PC3-16000C10 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G2000LV6GK)
Graphics: Radeon HD 4870 x2 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY RADEON HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 review cheap prices RADEON HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY best buy discount online uk shop
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 70SB088600000 - Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional - Scan.co.uk
Power Supply: Corsair HX 620W Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ - Scan.co.uk
Opticial drive: LG Blu-ray Disc Rewriter LG Super Multi Blu-Ray 6X ReWritter and HD-DVD ROM Drive Internal (Black) (GGW-H20L.AUAR) at TSI Europe
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit (with Windows 7 upgrade) 66R-03061 - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit English 1pk OEM + Windows 7 Offer Form - Scan.co.uk
All of the above (without postage costs) totals £1366. If anyone notices something that isn't worth the cost let me know please.
I understand I haven't included a CPU cooler or any fans for that matter. Could someone basically help me out to get some cooling going in the system or again anything I've missed. Thanks for anyone who helps