Thanks for the info. I will stick with the "SILVERSTONE ST45SF 450W" ... I will do some research on the motherboard options as they all seem pretty similar. 'll post some pics once I get all the equipment in and start the build.
For a gaming a video card/HTPC any decent low heat video cards...
I can use other ram as I have not purchased that yet. What low profile ram would you recommend?
Is there any advantage using the ASRock H67M-ITX over the Intel BOXDH67CFB3 or GIGABYTE GA-H67N-USB3-B3?
Is there a modular PSU alternative to the Silverstone ST45SF SFX PSU or is the...
Thanks for the tips. I put the raptor 300GB as I have a bunch of extra drives. I also have several 1 and 2 TB WD blacks but plan to use them for my main pc. This machine is mainly used as a workstation for training temp employees and as a remote box for application packaging.
I would like...
Hi,
Whats a good motherboard and power supply for the pc-q11 case? I plan to use this mainly as a mini workstation with integrated graphics for now. However, I would like the ability upgrade it later with a discrete video card for gaming in the future.
I plan on using:
40 GB SSD for OS
300...
On my HTPC I do not even have a DVD/BluRay on there since I use files instead of physical media. For 3D, I think its handled by the video card and media software.
Anyone else have any inputs on this?
I think it looks nice, just don't know much about that particular model. From what I know, the 3D is all done with the software so you can use pretty much any Blu-Ray. Do you need a burner for an HTPC?
I typically do all my coping on my main desktop, so you could always go with a Asus /...
I like the GD04B/GD05B and you certainly can not beat the price.
Interesting choice for the BluRay burner as I've never seen that one for sale anywhere. Where do you plan on getting yours?
I would like some ideas on building a 10+ Terabyte ESXi Box that will also host a NAS virtual machine using Solaris or FreeNas. I see a lot of people on here are using the 1155 chip set which pretty much limits ram at 16GB. What are some low cost high performance options for a 32GB esx/nas...