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Building first HTPC, opinions please

Most H77 boards have 2 SATA III ports, the B75 you linked to looks like it only has one. Take a look at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157303 As for the CPU, both the HD 2500 iGPU's and the HD 4000 iGPU's can do 3D, so any Ivy Bridge CPU will suit your needs. If you...
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- Post #5
- Sep 24, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Building first HTPC, opinions please

Is the i3-3225 needed? you could get away with the i3-3220 if you don't plan on doing any gaming. Also, IMHO the Z77 board is a waste, the only difference the Z series has over the H series is the ability to overclock, however unless you buy a K series Intel CPU you can't overclock. Anything...
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- Post #2
- Sep 23, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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First HTPC build / Opinions?

There was some being sold by Amazon for $99 + free shipping when I posted the link, looks like all that's left now are way overpriced. Newegg has them for $109 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=3938566&SID=
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- Post #7
- Sep 19, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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First HTPC build / Opinions?

In my house the SSD gets the best benefit, the WAF lol
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- Post #4
- Sep 19, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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First HTPC build / Opinions?

Why not spend $10 more and get the 2TB HDD? http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digita...words=WD20EARx
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- Post #2
- Sep 19, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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What is the best HTPC software?

LOL sorry :P
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- Post #46
- Sep 18, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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What is the best HTPC software?

PleXBMC
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- Post #43
- Sep 18, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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What is the best HTPC software?

What about XBMC for front-end and Plex Media Sever for back-end?
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- Post #41
- Sep 17, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Cutting the cord and going HTPC

That is exactly what I am doing. Setting up a HTPC that will be connected to a HDTV and will stream to 2 Roku's and other devices via Plex Media Server. Will be completely cutting off cable.
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- Post #2
- Sep 17, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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HTPC build question (with light gaming)

I would say 380w - 400w would be sufficient. For the Silverstone cases the Silverstone Strider ST40F-ES is a good choice. If you feel the GD05B is too tall, take a look at the Silverstone ML03B, it is a very popular case choice. Only big differences are the restriction of 140mm PSU depth, 170mm...
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- Post #9
- Sep 15, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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HTPC build question (with light gaming)

Just wanted to point out that Intel's LGA 1155 socket is no more 'future-proof' than AMD's Llano. Trinity does come out soon though, but 2nd Quarter 2013 Intel will release Haswell with the LGA 1150 socket which is meant to last through Haswell and Broadwell until ~2018 I went with Intel for my...
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- Post #7
- Sep 14, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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What is the best HTPC software?

How do you feel about MediaStream Redux?
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- Post #38
- Sep 11, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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HTPC component help

Setup looks alright, but I would say that 8GB of RAM is not needed, you could easily get by with 4GB.
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- Post #5
- Sep 1, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Media Center . . . "Internet TV not available after September 20?!"

There are other ways to access Netflix, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Chances are that if Netflix support is removed that a plugin will appear shortly after to fill the void. Sounds to me though that with the new WMC they are just dropping free ITV support.
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- Post #4
- Sep 1, 2012
- Forum: TVs
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HTPC build help.

LOL I agree about the SSD emoticon, it is annoying. As a suggestion, I believe the OCZ Vertex has an Indilinix controller, it is also SATA II. . I would suggest looking into something that is SATA III with a Marvell controller, much better reliability.
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- Post #19
- Aug 30, 2012
- Forum: Home Theater PCs

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