AMD HTPC Build | Blu-Ray unto thee

[johnnyfiive]

My main rig is basically complete so its time to focus on the living room, Blu-Ray focus really. I'm planning to build a HTPC that will have a dual purpose. File server and media center. Here is a list of the parts in mind:

AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz CPU (link)
ASUS M3A78-EM 780G Motherboard (link)
G.Skill DDRII 800Mhz 4GB|2x2GB Memory (link)
Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive (link)
Adesso WKB-3000UB Wireless Mini Keyboard (link)
Western Digital Black 500GB 32MB Cache Hard Drive (link)

Still deciding on the case. I will be piecing this together over the next couple months.

Any suggestions?

 

[cdawall]

look at this mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153124

and get this case/PSU in my sys specs other than that the build can be the same


other thing is you need to get a 1U server cooler if you go with the case i suggested the one on newegg is fine but swap the fan out on it its loud

 

[B1gg3stN00b]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144230

This case rules.

Also, buy a bigger HDD if you're making it a file server Who has 500gb or less of files? Seriously!

 

[johnnyfiive]

That board is crazy cdawall! Laptop memory?! Haha. No optical out though.

 

[johnnyfiive]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144230

This case rules.

Also, buy a bigger HDD if you're making it a file server Who has 500gb or less of files? Seriously!

True, true. A 1TB drive will more than likely be what I end up going with. Just piecing things together to see the cost.

 

[3870x2]

My main rig is basically complete so its time to focus on the living room, Blu-Ray focus really. I'm planning to build a HTPC that will have a dual purpose. File server and media center. Here is a list of the parts in mind:

AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz CPU (link)
ASUS M3A78-EM 780G Motherboard (link)
G.Skill DDRII 800Mhz 4GB|2x2GB Memory (link)
Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive (link)
Adesso WKB-3000UB Wireless Mini Keyboard (link)
Western Digital Black 500GB 32MB Cache Hard Drive (link)

Still deciding on the case. I will be piecing this together over the next couple months.

Any suggestions?

Just remember that if you have XP, you have to jump through fiery hoops to get blu-ray playability, and you have a total of about 2 software players to choose from (regardless if you have the codecs or not) which is corel, and powerdvd 7 BD and later.
However, once you do, its a beautiful thing, blu-ray on full 1080p is awesome.

 

[johnnyfiive]

I'm kinda liking the cheap rosewill cases. I have a good " hidden " spot for the htpc so visuals don't matter to me. This thing is cheap, $19.99. I already have a 500w PSU, case is all I need.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147111

Just remember that if you have XP, you have to jump through fiery hoops to get blu-ray playability, and you have a total of about 2 software players to choose from (regardless if you have the codecs or not) which is corel, and powerdvd 7 BD and later.
However, once you do, its a beautiful thing, blu-ray on full 1080p is awesome.

The OS will be Vista no doubt.

 

[suraswami]

Just remember that if you have XP, you have to jump through fiery hoops to get blu-ray playability, and you have a total of about 2 software players to choose from (regardless if you have the codecs or not) which is corel, and powerdvd 7 BD and later.
However, once you do, its a beautiful thing, blu-ray on full 1080p is awesome.

PowerDVD rocks. Don't ever go near or even think about Corel's WinDVD in your dream. WinDVD is horrible. I had tough time in making that POS work for my friend's HDPC build. Finally I gave up and gave my PDVD ultra to him.

 

[cdawall]

That board is crazy cdawall! Laptop memory?! Haha. No optical out though.

but it does do 7.1 out analog out still works

but seeing how it doesn'y need to be hidden its a mute point