Help Building a Quiet, Green, HTPC, for games and movies.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:53 am
Hello,
I need your help for my htpc build. I had a lot of thinking to get to this configuration to have low noise and be sufficient for most games and 1080p movies. Nom I need the next step, to make it even more energy efficient. I need your help doing that.
I will use the HTPC, for video edition, 3d games but mostly for games like diablo3, world of warcraft, RPG´s in general. I will use it to backup and see all my music and 3d/blu-ray movies.
I´m thinking on these components:
Case: Silverstone Grandia GD07
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT or MSI Z77A-GD80 ( I want the thunderbolt, ASUS is better in fan control... but i read that the MSI is more efficient... MSI It has better audio and is more energy-efficient. However, the ASUS Pro/Thunderbolt has a WiFi/Bluetooth adapter...)
CPU: INTEL CORE™ I7-3770T (45W TDP)
CPU Cooler: NOCTUA NH-L12 LOW PROFILE or NH-L9i ( I know that with turbo boost 2.0 the CPU TDP may be higher, and I don't know if the passive part of the NH-L12 is more efficient and maintain the fan with lower speed than the NH-L9i)
GPU: ASUS GEFORCE GTX660 DIRECT CU II 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 (has 140 TDP, but the GTX 650 is too slow for me)
Power Supply: Seasonic SS-660XP (do you know a more efficient CPU than this?)
SSD: SAMSUNG SERIES 830 128GB 2.5" SATA III or Samsung Series 840 (do you know a more efficient SSD?)
HDD: 2X WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR GREEN 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA III 3.5 (do you know a more efficient and low noise than this? I will use this too HDD to backup all movies and music in a way that I only have 1 TB available and everything is duplicated in both HDD to be safer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance® Low Profile White — 1.35V 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9W) x2 (do you know a more efficient ddr3?)
Optical drive: ASUS BC-12B1ST BLU RAY (Is this fine?)
Tell me, please, wat you think of the components, and what i can do to make it better and silent, and greener (more power efficient).
I will need a keyboard and a mouse too...
Thank you.
I need your help for my htpc build. I had a lot of thinking to get to this configuration to have low noise and be sufficient for most games and 1080p movies. Nom I need the next step, to make it even more energy efficient. I need your help doing that.
I will use the HTPC, for video edition, 3d games but mostly for games like diablo3, world of warcraft, RPG´s in general. I will use it to backup and see all my music and 3d/blu-ray movies.
I´m thinking on these components:
Case: Silverstone Grandia GD07
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT or MSI Z77A-GD80 ( I want the thunderbolt, ASUS is better in fan control... but i read that the MSI is more efficient... MSI It has better audio and is more energy-efficient. However, the ASUS Pro/Thunderbolt has a WiFi/Bluetooth adapter...)
CPU: INTEL CORE™ I7-3770T (45W TDP)
CPU Cooler: NOCTUA NH-L12 LOW PROFILE or NH-L9i ( I know that with turbo boost 2.0 the CPU TDP may be higher, and I don't know if the passive part of the NH-L12 is more efficient and maintain the fan with lower speed than the NH-L9i)
GPU: ASUS GEFORCE GTX660 DIRECT CU II 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 (has 140 TDP, but the GTX 650 is too slow for me)
Power Supply: Seasonic SS-660XP (do you know a more efficient CPU than this?)
SSD: SAMSUNG SERIES 830 128GB 2.5" SATA III or Samsung Series 840 (do you know a more efficient SSD?)
HDD: 2X WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR GREEN 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA III 3.5 (do you know a more efficient and low noise than this? I will use this too HDD to backup all movies and music in a way that I only have 1 TB available and everything is duplicated in both HDD to be safer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance® Low Profile White — 1.35V 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9W) x2 (do you know a more efficient ddr3?)
Optical drive: ASUS BC-12B1ST BLU RAY (Is this fine?)
Tell me, please, wat you think of the components, and what i can do to make it better and silent, and greener (more power efficient).
I will need a keyboard and a mouse too...
Thank you.