My new budget HTPC

[N1GHTRA1N]

I needed a new PC for my bedroom. Didn't want to spend a lot of money, this is used only for streaming SlingBox, media files from my main PC and Netflix. I will most likely never game on this machine.

Lian Li PC-Q11B Case - $75
Asus P8H61-I ITX Motherboard - $77
Intel Celeron G530 Dual Core 2.4GHz 1155 - $41
G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB (4GB) DDR3-1333MHz - $28
OCZ ModXStream 700W Modular PS - $40 (already had)
Logitech MX360 Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo - $30
Rosewill Windows Remote control - $25
Samsung DVD-RW - $18 (already had)
WD 1TB Black HDD - $100 (already had)
Windows 7 - already had

Total new purchased was around $330 shipped and including taxes

Plus an additional $300 (shipped and taxes) of parts that I already had.

So the total including OS was about $630, or about $520 without the OS.

Here are a couple of pics. The case is tight so cable management is hard, espeically once the PSU goes in place. I routed most cables behind the front intake fan and ODD housing. I put some cabled under the motherboard too. I had to put most of the left over cabling behind the DVD-RW.

What do you think?

Before PSU fully installed:

PSU installed:

Under MB and PSU:

Back of case:

Front of case:

 

[Dangman]

Looks pretty nice actually.

 

[N1GHTRA1N]

Thanks. I'm actually surprised by this Celeron G530. It does pretty well for a $41 CPU espeically considering that includes a cooler. It will even run some older games using the Intel HD video, nothing amazing but they do work.