Advice on media computer

Breadman177

Breadman177

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I am going to build a media computer where I can have all my movies and music and hooked up to my tv in the living room and need a few questions answered. The only thing it will be used for is movies and music. I want it to be small and quiet yet stay cool.

Could I just use on board video? If not what's the cheapest card I should get?

What is a good small case that will still keep stuff cool?

What cpu should I get? No need to over do it and heat things up more than needs to be.

Is $180 really the cheapest you can get the full version of windows?
 
wellhellothere

wellhellothere

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For what you've described, I would put Ubuntu on. It's free and will more than satisfy your needs. It looks nicer than Windows as well :)
 
Breadman177

Breadman177

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Well by full version I just mean not an upgrade and if I get another motherboard down the line I can still use it.

That case I think is still a little too large though I did find one that I really like, just not sure if I want to spend that much.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133187
I think that would look cool sitting up there by my TV.

I don't really have a budget but the less I spend the more I can spend on other things lol
 
claptonman

claptonman

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The best thing you could possibly buy is a small SSD, and keep everything else on either an external or another internal drive. And yeah, $180 is the cheapest.
 
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daisymtc

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Breadman177 said:
I am going to build a media computer where I can have all my movies and music and hooked up to my tv in the living room and need a few questions answered. The only thing it will be used for is movies and music. I want it to be small and quiet yet stay cool.

Could I just use on board video? If not what's the cheapest card I should get?

What is a good small case that will still keep stuff cool?

What cpu should I get? No need to over do it and heat things up more than needs to be.

Is $180 really the cheapest you can get the full version of windows?
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You can consider AMD APU if you get enough budget.
 
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daisymtc

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Breadman177 said:
Well by full version I just mean not an upgrade and if I get another motherboard down the line I can still use it.

That case I think is still a little too large though I did find one that I really like, just not sure if I want to spend that much.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133187
I think that would look cool sitting up there by my TV.

I don't really have a budget but the less I spend the more I can spend on other things lol
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The case is slight expensive without psu included
I don't know how much you like the case, but you can get cheaper and smaller SILVERSTONE SUGO SG02-BF

If you want even smaller, you can consider mini-itx.
You can check out SILVERSTONE Sugo SG05-B/ SILVERSTONE Sugo Series SG05BB-450
 
jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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for what you want you'd only need a simple cpu and there would be no need to upgrade in the future, so a single application windows would be fine and is 80 less, actually is currently 95 off
 
jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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this should be fine for what you want

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131659

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227510

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.695520

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.722409.11-154-091

although you may want to get just like a 320gb hdd instead of the ssd or both if they will fit, otherwise like a usb backup drive would be fine
 
Breadman177

Breadman177

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Thanks for the responses everybody, and yes I do really love the case. Here is what I've put together so far let me know what you think.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133187
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138283
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103903
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151235
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126041
 
jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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that motherboard doesn't fit in the case at all, the one i linked is the right size, and i wouldn't pay that much for the case either

that psu is a waist of money, get this one, is on special so is a great deal, the cx500 i would normally say is more than this and is normally the best deal

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-082511-Index-_-PowerSupplies-_-17371031-L06C

and these have a much lower latency

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226103

but did you even see my list, was perfectly fine other than slower ram, but that was still more than fast enough for what you want.
 
Breadman177

Breadman177

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How does the motherboard not fit? They are both micro atx and the case will fit 9.6 x 9.6 and the mother board is 9.6 x 7.87. I'm not saying you are wrong I'm just wondering how you came up with that conclusion.

I really like that case and am willing to spend the money on it.

I really want a modular psu so I don't have all those extra cables in there that I'm not using.
 
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jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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well i looked at the links and originally saw the word mini in the title and looked at the pick which looks alot like mitx, so i was wrong, but the airflow wont be the best and i don't think there is cable management either, there is just so many benefits to going atx and full/super/mid tower case
 
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