Horizontal Custom PC?

[Sean8605]

Hi guys..just looking for thoughts/ideas for building a gaming console on a budget.

My idea is to have something that will fit in a media center tray..not overheat easy but run games in 1080p medium to high settings..

Possible? Any ideas are welcome! Doing for fun!

 

[Sean8605]

Im hoping to equally or out perform the 2 leading gaming consoles.

 

[James Mason]

That's called a home theatre PC:
https://www.reddit.com/r/htpc/wiki/faq
Here's HTPC cases:
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/overall-list/#t=11
They're all designed to be laid horizontally.

 

[Sean8605]

Yes..a htpc.. More like hhtpc lol. Must be horizontal.. A lot of home theatre pcs are still upright.

Looking for ideas and discussion and mobos..cpus..gpus..ram..and cooling. At a bargain..say even used ebay items 😀

 

[James Mason]

Yes..a htpc.. More like hhtpc lol. Must be horizontal.. A lot of home theatre pcs are still upright.

Looking for ideas and discussion and mobos..cpus..gpus..ram..and cooling. At a bargain..say even used ebay items 😀

Those cases I linked are all either only horizontal, or can be horizontal or vertical, and just just shown in images vertically because it gives you a better view of the case.

Give us a budget and we can see what you can afford.

 

[Sean8605]

$450 us

 

[James Mason]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Apevia - X-Master Black HTPC Case w/500W Power Supply ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $459.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-30 12:49 EDT-0400

 

[Sean8605]

Not a bad build..was thinking the same cpu and gpu. The case is ok.. But kind of blah looking

 

[James Mason]

Not a bad build..was thinking the same cpu and gpu. The case is ok.. But kind of blah looking

HTPC cases get very expensive, you don't have the budget for nicer ones.
You may be able to find used HP/Dell office PCs that can be laid horizontally and are wide enough to support a GPu on ebay. but their motherboards won't be compatible with the latest modern GPUs.