Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Home Theater PC

Built a home theater PC out of spare parts I had plus a few new parts.


Home Theater PC: Custom
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB (Fans: 2x 120 mm front)
MB: MSI 890FXA-GD70
CPU: AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W
HSF: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
RAM: 2x 2 GB DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws PC3 12800 [4 GB total]
GPU: 1x Asus HD6450 Silent (1 GB DDR3)
Sound: On Board
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silnence Mk II 950
HDD: 1x Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD
Networking: Dual Gigabit, Asus Wireless-N PCE-N15 PCIe Adapter, 2x TP-Link Antenna TL-ANT2408CL (because this will be placed in the living room far away from the router)
Optical: LG Blu-Ray Combo Drive UH12NS30
Primary Monitor: Toshiba 37AV50U 37" LCD HDTV
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64



Power supply, hard drive, and Blu Ray drive installed.
 


























Motherboard, processor, RAM, CPU, CPU heatsink and fan installed, and wires run.




































As the power supply is not modular there were a lot of extra cables to store in the side.
Also, not my cleanest wiring job, but there's space and it works.























Graphics card and wireless card installed.























Back of case, especially showcasing the extra long wireless antennas.























Front of case.























As it currently sits in the living room with the TV. Rather large case, but keeps things cool and works well for our purposes.























It is also running XMBC. I don't know if there is anything else I want to install on it.
It was built to be a home theater PC. It is also built to be connected to a home NAS.

Future possible upgrades:
200 mm fan for the top.
2x 140 mm fans for the front.
All fans will be selected for quality and silence.
Wireless keyboard / mouse perhaps as integrated unit.
Adapter for USB ports as case has 2x USB 3.0 front ports and motherboard does not have a 20 pin connection for USB 3.0.

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