[blockofwood]

As the title suggests, I am putting together my HTPC. I have no experience with this, so your help is appreciated.

I will watch HULU and Netflix with it.
Watch DVD
Watch Blue-ray
I will be burning my DVd and Blu-ray collection to the HDD's as well.
All connected with HDMI

ZALMAN Black Aluminum / Plastic / Steel HD503 ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

XFX GT220XZNF2 GeForce GT 220 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC

Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7500

A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1B16K

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives -Bare Drive


LG Black 8X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk Model WH08LS20K - OEM

Thermaltake CL-P0372 92mm Enter CPU Cooler - Retail

I plan on running Linux (never used it b4) with XBMC on top.

Let me know if this is a competent system, if it is too much or if I left anything out.

thanks

[blockofwood]

any comments?

[DurhamDev]

That sounds perfectly fine to me - considering I'm running a P4-3.7GHz 1GB system with little trouble. Your system sounds like a dream!

[drewbagel423]

Sweet baby Jesus that is one expensive (yet awesome) case.

[SpitIV]

blockofwood,

Any progress on your build. I'm considering doing one myself and we chose the same MB. I realize you just posted a few days ago. Please keep us posted.

I'm not sure I'll go with the "sweet baby Jesus" case.

SpitIV

[CrashX]

I would wait for Intel Pineview to come out first ..

[SpitIV]

I'm the kind of person that is guilty of always waiting on the next latest and greatest gadget. In fact I've been considering building a HTPC for quite some time (too embarrassed to give a better estimate). But I don't think the Pineview is really what I'm looking for. I'd like a speedy ripper and storage as well as XBMC and form factor is not an issue for me at the moment. In six months when I have all my media network accessible the Pineview may be perfect as a second player only box. Thanks for the heads up on the Pineview though and let me know about any misconceptions I may have.