Vinayaga and Others,
Am very interested in building a HTPC.
Was planning on buying an Acer Revo or similar, but building yr own seems to work out much cheaper (and also more fun I guess).
Have never built a PC before, so some questions.
Can someone give me a complete list of parts (ie SATA cables, power cables, connectors etc). From the thread have added the following to my purchase list :
1. AMD Fusion E350 motherboard + CPU
2. DDR3 RAM - 4 GB
3. CFI Cube cabinet incl PSU
4. SSD
5. Media Remote - any reccomendations ?
What else do I need ?
Also want to check :
- will I need to load a bios (I have no idea how to do it) ?
- do I need to set jumpers/switches on the motherboard ?
- do I need to buy fans/heatsink and glue onto the CPU
- do I need to buy fans for the case ?
- do I need any tools other than a screwdriver ?
Any help / suggestions most welcome.
My current setup is a WDTV Live, connected by Lan cable to my router. All my movie and music files are on a NAS (Buffalo Linkstation Quad) which is on my network.
I think you should start a new thread for your HTPC. Checkout my thread for some more information ....
http://www.hifivision.com/home-theater-pc-htpc-media-pc/18571-sam9s-htpc-project-powered-xbmc.html
Coming to your queries ....
1. what is you budget..??
2. I dont know why people are going for an SSD, for HTPC when all it would load is the Media Center Application. Save money and invest on better mobo,CPU and GPU.
3. 4GB mem ....... again if you can, do save money. DDR2 is enough, infact 2GB is enough.
4. Media center remote, I would say, if you have a ANDROID or iOS based phones get the official media player remote, thats the best, else there are options that we can discuses.
Coming to your other queries ....
- will I need to load a bios (I have no idea how to do it) ?
I am not sure what you mean "load a bios" ... but you dont need to do anything except load normal windows (or linux if you choose it) and then any media center.
- do I need to set jumpers/switches on the motherboard ?
NOPE
- do I need to buy fans/heatsink and glue onto the CPU
If you are assembling a PC right from scratch yes, but you dont glue it, you just put some thermal past (included) on the cpu (processor to be precise) and attach the heatsink,fan on it, thats it.
- do I need to buy fans for the case ?
Usually a good case comes couple of fans and even more as you go towards high end cases. Depending on that you can add more. Thumb rule is, there should be an intake and an exhaust in the case. So if you have 2 fans for intake, you should have 2 for exhaust.
- do I need any tools other than a screwdriver ?
A Torch maybe ...
Start a new thread ...
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