HTPC with gaming - thoughts on my spec

keithbucknall

Active member
Hay all,

I am looking for small PC to sit in our lounge to serve media from my NAS to our HD TV and play MW3 and BF3, what do you think of the below (not sure on the Intel or AMD chip):-

Case
Zalman HD501 HTPC Case + 450W PSU

Processor (CPU)
AMD A6-3650 APU (2.6GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® F1A75-M: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 10 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
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
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)

Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity 1
 

Corfate

Author Level
Looks fine to me :) A 2TB Caviar Black is cheaper then a 1TB one, so maybe consider changing your 1st one to a 2TB :)
 
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PCS

Administrator
Staff member
Nice spec, will do the job well.

We have some more competitively priced 1TB Caviar Black drives landing in the next few days and therefore the price has been lowered. :)
 

TheKeir

Bright Spark
Looks like a very good spec! :)

You should be able to play BF3 on Ultra settings at 40-60 fps, which is pretty neat.
 
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