About to pull the trigger. Chime in?

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Feileung

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Here is my list of components. Some of these prices are slightly cheaper at Newegg but I'm in CA and Newegg charges tax. I'm also on a trial of Amazon Prime so 2 day shipping is free:)

How does this list look?


Case: Silverstone GD04 (already have this)

PS: Antec 430 Basiq (already have this)

MB: Asus M3N78-VM (Amazon: $76.43)

CPU: Athlon2 X2 240 (Amazon: $58.99)

RAM: PNY Optima 2GB DDR2 800 (Amazon: $52.98)

Blue-Ray: Lite-On iHOS104-08 (Amazon: $72.77)

HD: 1TB WD Caviar Black (Amazon: $99.95)
 
I have done 5+ builds of 780/785g and would much prefer the boards over the nvidia 8200 which I did on one build. I think you might out to look to i3 or 785g + vid card for bit streaming capabilities.
 
One concern I have is price. I was considering i3 but that set up would add considerably to my overall cost.

Regarding the 785: That was my original idea. I was convinced otherwise due to the audio issues you hinted at. The 8200 board seemed to be a good balance of quality video, audio and support for an inexpensive (yet capable) processor.

Why do you prefer the 785 to the 8200 boards?
 
Don't get a 785 based board, old tech. The 8200's are better.

Build looks good.
 
If you want to keep onboard audio/video with no intentions to pass dts-hd then by all means go 8200.
 
Everything looks good. I would recommend one of the green drives for dedicated htpc duty. You could save a few bucks on the 1 TB model, or spend an extra $5 to get the 1.5 TB drive. One can never have enough storage for an HTPC. :D
 
Good idea FengPangzi, I made that minor change to my order (1.5TB WD Green) and placed the order.

Free prime for three months means it cost $19.99 to have it all shipped next day:) Would have been free for 2 day....buuuut

Thanks for the input guys.
 
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