After upgrading my first PC build a few times throughout the past year, I have leftover parts and I am wanting to plan out an HTPC. I am more concerned with it performing optimally than price.
I am planning to use it for watching movies, YouTube, and other online media, while also using it to stream games from my PC through Steam. As of now I have been using a Surface Pro 3, but it doesn't take much to turn the fans on if I try streaming.
So the key features I am looking for: relative silence, small form factor (Fractal Design Node 202 being a good example), and enough power to stream games without getting noticeably louder.
The parts I have on hand:
-650w PSU
-2x 4GB DDR3 RAM
-MSI GTX 960 2G
-Gigabyte LGA 1150 Micro ATX mobo
I was initially thinking about getting a micro ATX HTPC case (the ones with "slim" PCIE) and putting a Pentium or i3 without using the GPU, though I wasn't sure if the integrated graphics could handle it easily. Thanks.
I am planning to use it for watching movies, YouTube, and other online media, while also using it to stream games from my PC through Steam. As of now I have been using a Surface Pro 3, but it doesn't take much to turn the fans on if I try streaming.
So the key features I am looking for: relative silence, small form factor (Fractal Design Node 202 being a good example), and enough power to stream games without getting noticeably louder.
The parts I have on hand:
-650w PSU
-2x 4GB DDR3 RAM
-MSI GTX 960 2G
-Gigabyte LGA 1150 Micro ATX mobo
I was initially thinking about getting a micro ATX HTPC case (the ones with "slim" PCIE) and putting a Pentium or i3 without using the GPU, though I wasn't sure if the integrated graphics could handle it easily. Thanks.