"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 07/01/2019 14:07, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I rather fancy having a PC integrated to the main Hi-Fi etc system.
Mainly
to download/store music etc files. Got a fair bit of space for it, so
even
an older case size would be fine - but flat rather than a tower. Would
like a decent processor so it doesn't become obsolete quickly. Only need
an HDMI output for the TV, so probably not a fancy graphics card.

I've built a few in the past, but can't for the life of me remember who I
got the bits from. Googling as usual gives several.

I think for this application I would actually look at some of the better
NAS units. Very small and neat, loads of strage obviously, quiet, low
power ( 30W ) and you can get them with HDMI out and remote controls
etc.

e.g.

https://www.qnap.com/en-uk/product/ts-251%2B



If building one, then you don't need a huge amount of CPU power for this
application, so even an i3 class machine should be fine.

What would be the most reliable mother board to go for? Not had that good
experience with ASUS before. And which processor? As I said not done
anything like this for ages, so very out of touch.

Oddly I would always go for ASUS motherboards - over the years I have
found them to be the most reliable choice.

Me too.

Gigabyte are ok, and ASROCK a bit cheaper.