htpc spec any thoughts

tatooandy67

New member
Case
Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case + 350W PSU
Processor (CPU)
AMD A8-3850 APU with AMD Radeon™ HD 6550D Graphics Card
Motherboard
ASUS® F1A75-M: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 430 - DVI,HDMI,VGA
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st Hard Disk Partitions
80GB, 320GB, 1600GB
2nd Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk Partitions
2000GB
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Sound Card
ONBOARD 10 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £693.00 including VAT and delivery.
this pc is to be used mostly for storing & watching movies on a 50 inch plasma and playing music through a 5.1 av receiver (pretty much a mass storage movie & music juke box) is this spec ok for this - any sugestions are welcome I am also considering the same specs but with an intel i3. processor - price difference is minimal. should I up the ram to 8gb or is 4gb enough ? I will also be doing usual pc stuff surfing, burning/ripping etc.
ps - is there an audio output on the rear of the casing ?
hoping to place order early october - cant wait ;)

thanks in advance for any assistance....
 

Wozza63

Biblical Poster
get rid of the GT430, the CPU has a proper graphics card built in and its just as good if not better, but just incase you can always upgrade the processor to include a better graphics card

do you really need 4TB?

4gb is fine

and there is audio outputs including optical
 

tatooandy67

New member
hi, thanks for your speedy reply

please could you offer any further advice with regard to upgrading the processor to include a better graphics card - which processor would you suggest

4TB is required to store excessive but still growing movie collection
 
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