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Old 06-11-2011, 09:26 PM   #1
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3d HTPC BUILD

I am planning to build a 3d HTPC. My budget for this build is 1200-1500 bucks. I want a small SSD for the operating system. A blu-ray drive that can burn my blu-ray movies. Will I need a video card and a sound card to be able to get 3d playback? My cable provider is Comcast and I chose the ceton card.

This is what I thinking

Newegg.com - MSI Z68MA-ED55 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Newegg.com - Pioneer Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 8X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BDR-206DBKS

Newegg.com - Corsair Performance 3 Series CSSD-P364GB2-BRKT 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664BN1608

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface

Newegg.com - nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Acrylic / Steel HTPC 5000B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Thanks for the help
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Old 06-12-2011, 12:17 AM   #2
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If you are going to use 1600 speed ram, use Corsair Vengeance - it's 1.5 volts.

The only SATA III SSD's I really trust are the Intel 510 drives.

Instead of a separate SSD and hard drive, I'd consider using SSD caching with a WD Black drive instead of a Green.

Try it without a video card and sound card first. You can always add them.
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Stay away from the ballistics and go with glc's recommendation. The 2500K is more than capable for an HTPC, I have built a few of them and the graphics are stunning for T.V. and HD.
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Old 06-13-2011, 05:23 PM   #4
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I am going to make a change on the ram. I like the idea of waiting on a video and sound cards. If I were to need them what would I want to purchase that would provide 3d video and great sound?

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I would say lets wait if you can be patient. The hardware is more than capable for your posted needs. If you require a solution to your unanticipated needs, it is better to be more specific towards your "new" requirements as needed.
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