Hi everyone, I recently purchased a new HDTV and I decided to build an HTPC to go along with it. My goal is to meet the minimum requirements to play 1080p x264 .mkv and blue ray movies smoothly and at the same time keep costs as low as possible.
Here’s what I have so far:
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2HP AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$70 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128360]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128360[/url]
AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4850DOBOX
$57 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103255]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103255[/url]
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N10662GK
$29 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227178]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227178[/url]
hec Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC 7K09 Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case – Retail
$50 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121027]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121027[/url]
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 HDS721010KLA330 (0A35155) 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$90 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145167]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145167
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LG Black LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GGC-H20LK
$115 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136154]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136154
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Please see if there’s anything incompatible and whether or not this setup will be able to play 1080p mkv and blu ray. Also, if there are cheaper components I can substitute please suggest them. Thanks a bunch guys and girls and happy holidays! ;D
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