Approximate Purchase Date: start of next month
Budget Range: After Shipping 250$ - 300$
System Usage: Watching movies/tvshows, with true-hd, dts,dolby and 3d movies on(XBMC - openelec)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Req.: CPU,Motherboard,Rams,Case
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 or 4k
Additional Comments: I would like a low power consumption PC. that could support my future sound upgrades and video upgrade. and I already have in spare xfx 440gt graphic card and cooler master 430w psu, so will use that. and for storage of media I already have nas server so will load xbmc in either, usb or ssd(which ill have to buy if have money left over or maybe later )
And Most Importantly, Why am I Upgrading: my current pc is old but powerful, so I will use it for my other purposes, application development server and all.
what I have been thinking of buying is;
ECS H61H2-I v1.1 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
SilverStone Sugo Series SG05BB-LITE Black SECC / Plastic Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case with 2 x USB3.0 ports (Black)
Intel Core i3-2100
p.s: and I was thinking, should I think about getting into haswell or not ?
Budget Range: After Shipping 250$ - 300$
System Usage: Watching movies/tvshows, with true-hd, dts,dolby and 3d movies on(XBMC - openelec)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Req.: CPU,Motherboard,Rams,Case
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 or 4k
Additional Comments: I would like a low power consumption PC. that could support my future sound upgrades and video upgrade. and I already have in spare xfx 440gt graphic card and cooler master 430w psu, so will use that. and for storage of media I already have nas server so will load xbmc in either, usb or ssd(which ill have to buy if have money left over or maybe later )
And Most Importantly, Why am I Upgrading: my current pc is old but powerful, so I will use it for my other purposes, application development server and all.
what I have been thinking of buying is;
ECS H61H2-I v1.1 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
SilverStone Sugo Series SG05BB-LITE Black SECC / Plastic Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case with 2 x USB3.0 ports (Black)
Intel Core i3-2100
p.s: and I was thinking, should I think about getting into haswell or not ?