Looking to spec a system that is cool, low power and quiet, yet is capable of connecting to a 50 Panasonic TX-P50G20B via HDMI to play DVDs ripped to the hard drive (currently have 600+ discs). No Gaming. Would probably run windows 7
Ideally should play blu ray (hopefully will rip eventually)
HTPC / storage system
I have put a couple of options together which are below
Option 1
MB: ZotacNM10F-E Atom D525
Scan.co.uk: Zotac NM10-F-E Intel Atom D525 CPU (1.8GHz) Motherboard
Case: Lian Li PC-Q008B
Scan.co.uk: Lian Li PC-Q08B, Black, Small Tower Chassis
Blu Ray HP BD240I
Scan.co.uk: BD Combo Drive HP bd240i - Read Blu-ray & Write DVD
Memory: Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory XMS2 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (800) Dual Channel Desktop - CM2X2048-6400C5
PSU: Corsair 430
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-430CX 430W Power Supply (PSU)
option 2
As above but with
Asus E35M1 Deluxe
Scan.co.uk: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE AMD Hudson M1 Integrated AMD Zacate 18W Mini ITX Motherboard
DDR 3 Ram
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory Value Select 2GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel Desktop - VS2GB1333D3
Quite like the look of the Silverstone LC20, but cannot find any information as to whether it will take a mini itx board
Scan.co.uk: SilverStone LC20S Aluminum Desktop case in Silver w/o PSU - SST-LC20S
option 3: just build a small storage system / sever as above in the following case: Fractal R2
Scan.co.uk: Fractal Design Array R2 Mini-ITX NAS Case, Black, with 300W SFX PSU - FD-ARRAY-BLACK
and just add a blu ray drive to my main pc and rip / store over the network
Could someone please check that everything is compatible / suitable?, and if possible suggest better / alternative components (especially a remote).
Budget is approx £500 at present but will need to include a couple of 2tb hdd for the initial rips( i have one already)
Ideally should play blu ray (hopefully will rip eventually)
HTPC / storage system
I have put a couple of options together which are below
Option 1
MB: ZotacNM10F-E Atom D525
Scan.co.uk: Zotac NM10-F-E Intel Atom D525 CPU (1.8GHz) Motherboard
Case: Lian Li PC-Q008B
Scan.co.uk: Lian Li PC-Q08B, Black, Small Tower Chassis
Blu Ray HP BD240I
Scan.co.uk: BD Combo Drive HP bd240i - Read Blu-ray & Write DVD
Memory: Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory XMS2 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (800) Dual Channel Desktop - CM2X2048-6400C5
PSU: Corsair 430
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-430CX 430W Power Supply (PSU)
option 2
As above but with
Asus E35M1 Deluxe
Scan.co.uk: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE AMD Hudson M1 Integrated AMD Zacate 18W Mini ITX Motherboard
DDR 3 Ram
Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory Value Select 2GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel Desktop - VS2GB1333D3
Quite like the look of the Silverstone LC20, but cannot find any information as to whether it will take a mini itx board
Scan.co.uk: SilverStone LC20S Aluminum Desktop case in Silver w/o PSU - SST-LC20S
option 3: just build a small storage system / sever as above in the following case: Fractal R2
Scan.co.uk: Fractal Design Array R2 Mini-ITX NAS Case, Black, with 300W SFX PSU - FD-ARRAY-BLACK
and just add a blu ray drive to my main pc and rip / store over the network
Could someone please check that everything is compatible / suitable?, and if possible suggest better / alternative components (especially a remote).
Budget is approx £500 at present but will need to include a couple of 2tb hdd for the initial rips( i have one already)