Building an HTPC. Suggestions

incube

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Gigabyte E350N (sata2 y usb2.0)
Kingstone 4 GB 1333 Mhz
Toshiba 500 GB Sata3
Sentey ITX SSS-2514
TpLink USB

Its a low budget HTPC im building to connect to a LG 32" LCD 1080FullHD and it will be used mainly for web browsing and watching online videos and downloaded videos.

 

rwpritchett

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Coming from an owner of an Asus E350 HTPC, you'd be better off getting a Celeron G1610 and a cheap 1155 ITX board for just a little bit more money. The E350 is a real slug from my experience, even with an SSD.

Compare:
Gigabyte GA-E350N $69.99 on sale plus shipping, normally $79.99

vs.

Intel Celeron G1610 $49.99
ASRock H61MV-ITX $54.99
Total = $105

If you can stretch the budget a little more, maybe you can consider a FM2+ A4 setup.