double check my HTPC parts list

[pinky33]

Thank you for looking.

computer will be mounted to mobo tray, mobo tray screwed to wall behind tv.

I have blue ray, ssd, psu

connecting HTPC to 4k TCL from 2017

One thought is to buy 2600x for $10 more (after $20 bundle saving), but then I would have to buy a gfx card. No gaming on this planned as of now. Basic games like castle crasher and the like should play fine at 4k on vega 8.....right?

Any thoughts, ideas? Something I am missing?

Still looking at remotes that have back-lit keyboad, mouse touchpad, work with PC, Receiver, and TV. Really only need to have at least 7 custom programmable buttons for tv(on/off) and Receiver(on/off, volume up/down, and cd/tv/dvd button).



https://www.microcenter.com/product...m4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-stealth-cooler


https://www.microcenter.com/product/510208/gigabyte-b450m-ds3h-amd-am4-matx-motherboard


https://www.microcenter.com/product...-desktop-memory-kit-gapr416gb3200c16adc---red

 

[trents]

Thank you for looking.

computer will be mounted to mobo tray, mobo tray screwed to wall behind tv.

I have blue ray, ssd, psu

connecting HTPC to 4k TCL from 2017

One thought is to buy 2600x for $10 more (after $20 bundle saving), but then I would have to buy a gfx card. No gaming on this planned as of now. Basic games like castle crasher and the like should play fine at 4k on vega 8.....right?

Any thoughts, ideas? Something I am missing?

Still looking at remotes that have back-lit keyboad, mouse touchpad, work with PC, Receiver, and TV. Really only need to have at least 7 custom programmable buttons for tv(on/off) and Receiver(on/off, volume up/down, and cd/tv/dvd button).



https://www.microcenter.com/product...m4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-stealth-cooler


https://www.microcenter.com/product/510208/gigabyte-b450m-ds3h-amd-am4-matx-motherboard


https://www.microcenter.com/product...-desktop-memory-kit-gapr416gb3200c16adc---red

More than what? I see no CPU mentioned except that for the old HTPC in your Sig. Are you referencing another thread?

 

[pinky33]

More than what? I see no CPU mentioned except that for the old HTPC in your Sig. Are you referencing another thread?

The first link in the list of parts is for the CPU a 2200G. For $10 more I could get a 2600x. But I am heavily leaning towered the 2200G.

Be great if something with vega 11 was just a little more money.

 

[trents]

Oh, I see now. I saw stealth-cooler at the end of the link syntax and it didn't occur to me it was actually for the CPU and the boxed cooler.

Will that little bitty CPU with IGP be able to drive a 4k TV? Maybe it will do fine. I don't know as I'm not AV expert and my HTPC is still connected to a 1080p TV.

 

[pinky33]

This is the first brand new computer build for me since I bought a Q6600 build in 2008. Been buying used for so long.

Not sure why photo is upside down. Fine on my computer.

 

[freakdiablo]

Oh, I see now. I saw stealth-cooler at the end of the link syntax and it didn't occur to me it was actually for the CPU and the boxed cooler.

Will that little bitty CPU with IGP be able to drive a 4k TV? Maybe it will do fine. I don't know as I'm not AV expert and my HTPC is still connected to a 1080p TV.

Yes, it will output 4k (video? Probably fine, but even basic games you may want to set to 1080), the problem being that Gigabyte board only has HDMI 1.4, so it'll be limited to 30Hz - I've tried it and at 30Hz even scrolling through web pages and things seems a little fuzzy.

 

[pinky33]

freakdiablo

I hope you are mistaken and I did my homework right because my goal was to use on board integrated video and get HDMI 2.0 with 60hz. I will double check to make sure I have rev 1.0 mobo when I get home from work. Both gigabyte website and newegg say it can, but in an inauspicious way. Please see attached screen shots.

Please correct me if I am wrong as I find mixed answers to this questions. AMD 2200G supports HDMI 2.0 as long as the MOBO does. AMD's website just states it supports HDMI without giving a version probably because it depends on mobo. And when I search mobo they state it does as long as processor does. The chicken or the egg???

After I set it all up what is an easy way to test that it is working at HDMI 2.0? I am using cheap Twisted Veins HDMI cables from a few years ago. They say 2.0, but who knows.

Bonus info. Running HDMI to TV, then optical audio cable from TV to receiver. At this point I only have 2.0 speaker setup, but I would hope passing through the TV will not impede 5.1 if/when I set that up.

Thanks for looking at my thread all 2 people who are left on this forum. Oh how it has changed.

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some pics of little HTPC wall mount build so far. Trying to do this while watching a 2 and 4 year old is interesting.