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I started purchasing items to make my first HTPC, which include a cheap mATX mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135288 and a Pentium G620, and a 128GB SSD.

Im looking at a HDD for storage but I started thinking about different options.

I have a desktop in my home office, this is where I typically download torrents and stream via wireless to a PS3 (living room) and xbox 360 (bedroom)

The HTPC will be in the living room, but I still want to be able to stream to my xbox 360 in the bedroom (and possibly put a htpc in the bedroom in the future)

So I was thinking what I really should do is.. Have my Desktop PC have the mass storage and still have the xbox 360 stream. And have the HTPC stream from my desktop.

Can my desktop perform as a media server and a home office computer?

Otherwise, if I were to make my HTPC the main source to download torrents how am I supposed to get it to stream to the xbox 360 when both the htpc/xbox are connected through the router on the desktop?

Obviously im no computer wiz, but I can learn fairly easily.

Recap of what I want to do...

I want my home office desktop to be able to download all my torrents/music and have my HTPC and Xbox be able to connect to the desktop to stream. This will all be wired connections, not wireless anymore)
 
That's a lot easier to do then an HTPC media server. All you need to do is put the drives/folders as shares and then to set them up to connect from the HTPC and elsewhere.

I'd suggest getting a nice, cheap SSD for the HTPC too.
 
What you don't want to do is have your main rig serving anything. Most main computers restart from time to time. You might even turn it off. Instead you had the right idea, create a separate build for serving duty.

In terms of components is the HTPC outputting to TV meaning is it going to be actually playing videos to a TV output?
 
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