Hello - wanting to go to htpc city!

[MuscleFlex]

hello - just registered tonight. Been checking this site for a while not but only just decided to register.
My laptop (intel centrino) is getting slow now especially when using lightroom 3 (i'm into photography) so I have decided it's time to look into getting a new PC for my photo work and also for games (a friend showed me his htpc and i was impressed!)..

so.... i have just bought my first component tonight. an Intel i7 2600k cpu.
i'm looking for a micro atx z68 board that's less than £100 but can't find one. I missed the sale on ebay for an asus p8 z68 m pro

[jim]

By HTPC do you mean Home Theatre PC?

[MuscleFlex]

hi - yes, an home theater pc...
so i'm looking for a micro atx board (preferably z68) to get it ready for an antec remote case but i wont be getting the case until next year (will be using a cheapo case for the time being)

[MuscleFlex]

i ordered:
asus p8z68-m pro motherboard
corsair vengeance 8gb 1600mhz ram

just looking for a decent psu that's not too expensive... any ideas? around £50ish that's able to accommodate a good big gpu in the near future?

[jim]

Have a look at this thread

http://forums.hexus.net/pc-hardware/...er-2011-a.html