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- Oct 2, 2003
My plan is to build a small-low power pc that can run Windows 8.1 and take care of that WMC tv, record shows, plex, all that stuff and also run headless, and maybe run any other 24/7 things that come up in the future. I haven't built anything for a while so I am a little rusty. Luckily the Hauppauge card is half height which will let me use some slim cases.
I am using Xbox360s as extenders on WMC with Windows 8.1 for OTA TV with HDHomerun and QAM through a Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-2255. I use Plex and also stream directly to a media player. I want to upgrade my pc (in sig) that is currently running all that stuff to Windows 10 because I think it is inevitable. That means no more WMC on my main PC and I have not found a good replacement for WMC that works with the xbox360 extenders.
It is important that it is cheap in both cost and power consummation, and quiet is good too.
This is what I came up with but please recommend cheaper/better options.
ASRock Motherboard Micro AM1H-ITX (mobo must have a PCIe slot)
AMD Athlon 5350 AD5350JAHMBOX 2.05 GHz Quad-core Desktop Processor
Some 120 gb SSD
Some 4tb HD
Probably 8gb ram
Windoze 8.1 pro
Some really small case that can take a half height card.. very open to suggestions.
I have - a POS 0.5 TB hd that I can use until the 4tb goes on sale
Also a OCZ 520W powersupply that is probably complete overkill and a power hog. I don't know, does it use a lot of juice when running low power stuff? I am not sure it would even fit in a small case.
I am using Xbox360s as extenders on WMC with Windows 8.1 for OTA TV with HDHomerun and QAM through a Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-2255. I use Plex and also stream directly to a media player. I want to upgrade my pc (in sig) that is currently running all that stuff to Windows 10 because I think it is inevitable. That means no more WMC on my main PC and I have not found a good replacement for WMC that works with the xbox360 extenders.
It is important that it is cheap in both cost and power consummation, and quiet is good too.
This is what I came up with but please recommend cheaper/better options.
ASRock Motherboard Micro AM1H-ITX (mobo must have a PCIe slot)
AMD Athlon 5350 AD5350JAHMBOX 2.05 GHz Quad-core Desktop Processor
Some 120 gb SSD
Some 4tb HD
Probably 8gb ram
Windoze 8.1 pro
Some really small case that can take a half height card.. very open to suggestions.
I have - a POS 0.5 TB hd that I can use until the 4tb goes on sale
Also a OCZ 520W powersupply that is probably complete overkill and a power hog. I don't know, does it use a lot of juice when running low power stuff? I am not sure it would even fit in a small case.