Final Build : Silent PC Build HD-Plex H5 - HTPC / General PC

[scaryjim]

... Reasonable upgrade ? ...

Only you can really decide that Depends on whether you're currently CPU limited for anything, I guess. The thread title suggests this is mainly going to be used for day-to-day computing and as an HTPC, in which case you probably won't really notice the extra performance most of the time. What you will notice is the lower power draw, and particularly the improved idle power draw.

... (and I see from the pretty green links that my Q-6600 is now worth maybe £10 !!!)

Looking at ebay completed listings if you were lucky it could fetch as much as £20 - it was a great chip in its time and still has more than enough performance for general computing. I've still got a Q6600 rig around that, with luck, I'll have up and running again soon

[petrev]

Hi,

Looking to be silent so need low power draw (65W ish max) plus low idling power draw.

Want a significant upgrade so I don't have to revisit for a while.

Tired of slowdowns when loads of tabs open in browser for comparisons like now !!!

Looking at i5-5675C while you can get it !

Cheers for help
P.

Snappy - Fast boot - Fast Sleep.

[petrev]

Hi All,

HD-PLEX H5 v2 Fanless Case

Just updated Post:1

EDIT

Current Idea . . .

CPU : i5 5675C

MBD : ASRock Z97 Extreme6 (or Asus Z97-A/USB3.1)

SSD : Samsung 850 Pro 500GB (or Samsung 950 Pro 500GB?)

MEM : Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz ( ~same price as 1600)

USB : Add 3.1 PCIe Card (? or : M.2 X4 PCIe Card for Asus option + ?M.2 SSD)

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[petrev]

EDIT

Final Build

CPU : i5 5675C
Asus Z97-A/USB3.1
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 500GB
Corsair Vengence 1866MHz
LG GS40N DVD/RW
KingWin 2.5+3.5 Drive Bay

[wazzickle]

Why do you love 8.1 so much?

Looked at the HD.PLEX for my own silent build but decided to go with the Streacom FC8 Evo, likely building in the next month, also HTPC/General, will be interesting to compare benchmarks.