PC for watching films on a HDTV

[Gray]

Hi,

I've not built a PC for a while now (and PC hardware changes so often doesn't it?!), and a friend at work has asked me to look into building him one.

All he wants is a PC that he can connect to his TV via HDMI to watch DVD's, avi's and go on the web. No gaming. I think he also wants to somehow connect it up to his Sky HD box, but I don't even know if that's possible. He also wants it to be very QUIET.

Is it possible to build for about £400? I'll need a case and all the insides, no OS, monitor, keyboard or mouse.

Thanks in advance,

Gray

 

[Brian8bit]

If it's just for media playback he could go Intel Atom or AMD Zacate. Both can be passively cooled so will be extra quiet with no CPU fans needed.

This build shows what you can get for £400 odd. You could lower the price by dropping the Blu-Ray drive if it's just DVDs he's watching. Also you could choose a much cheaper case that isn't specifically an HTPC case.

 

[smudge2126]

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add £12 for fans and ur done not as nice a case as abouve but will get the job done

(this is the spec im using atm so drop a dvddrive as well