Building A Home Theatre Desktop?

Hinzy

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Jan 14, 2013
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Hi guys, I'm looking to build a small desktop PC only for playing HD movies and streaming HD videos via HDMI. What are some good specs? Cheers
 
For just playing HD movies and streaming HD Videos, I'd probably look towards something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A4-5300 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($81.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($117.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($64.40 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHES212-08 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($82.28 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $556.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-15 05:44 EST-0500)

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