The system for a HTPC (up to £500) is:
Case - Lian Li PC-Q07B
Mainboard /CPU -ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe /AMD Zacate
18W
Memory - Corsair vengeance 1600 MHz DDR3 4GB
SSD - Corsair Force 60GB SATA III
Graphics - Asus GT 520
1GB Fan-less
Power Supply - Silverstone Nightjar 400W
Fanless
Cooling - Noctua NF-S12B
FLX
Blu Ray - LG CH10LS20
Reader
The total price for this system is £493. When choosing
the parts for this PC, silence and low power draw were very important, for this
reason fan-less components were choose such as the motherboard (integrated CPU),
the graphics card, which is perfect for playing 1080p video, and finally the
fan-less power supply which is the perfect wattage to power
the system. I would also run Linux on this machine as it is
free and there is excellent home cinema software available. For extra storage
you could add an extra hard drive or connect the system to a home
server.
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