On 07/01/2019 15:34, FMurtz wrote:
www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
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.

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.

I've built a few in the past but these days it's generally cheaper to
spec. the machine and have it built rather than buy components yourself.
Seems like the PC Builders sacrifice margin to make a great value PC
whereas components are priced for margin on individual product sales.

On-Board graphics which are part of the Intel processors are extremely
capable and quite happily play HD Video without any problems.
I'm a fan of QuietPC - have a look at these
https://www.quietpc.com/sys-ultranuc-pro-7


And nowadays people are going for water cooling which is not all that
expensive

For a media centre I wouldn't touch water cooling probably wouldn't even
go AIO . Slow big fans are the way to go.