I'd like to use my tax return and make use of unused peripherals to build a facebook machine / living room pc. (Especially since my wife's dell inspiron 10.1" is an absolute piece of shit).
Pretty much would like to make it as cheap as possible, goal is <$300 with a 128GB SSD.
Not sure what route to go down with mobo/cpu. It is going in a MicroATX Mini Tower, only requirements are that the PC must be plenty powerful enough to play 1080p HD footage (have we got to the point in time yet when you'll be hard pushed to find something that won't handle this?), and that it has HDMI out. Everything else can be just standard.
Goal is around $100 for both the mobo and cpu, looking at maybe something like this: http://goo.gl/F78ebE and then ~$50 cpu?
...or would AMD be a better alternative?
And also, seeing as though the PC is going to be really low wattage, I looked at the lowest wattage Corsair powersuply on newegg and that's 430W which I feel is overkill for the system? If so what would be a reliable low watt power supply? Or should I just play it safe and stick with Corsair?
Thanks!
Pretty much would like to make it as cheap as possible, goal is <$300 with a 128GB SSD.
Not sure what route to go down with mobo/cpu. It is going in a MicroATX Mini Tower, only requirements are that the PC must be plenty powerful enough to play 1080p HD footage (have we got to the point in time yet when you'll be hard pushed to find something that won't handle this?), and that it has HDMI out. Everything else can be just standard.
Goal is around $100 for both the mobo and cpu, looking at maybe something like this: http://goo.gl/F78ebE and then ~$50 cpu?
...or would AMD be a better alternative?
And also, seeing as though the PC is going to be really low wattage, I looked at the lowest wattage Corsair powersuply on newegg and that's 430W which I feel is overkill for the system? If so what would be a reliable low watt power supply? Or should I just play it safe and stick with Corsair?
Thanks!