As everyone has heard, Sandy Bridge is a pretty awesome HTPC platform. I will say that power consumption at idle is not a huge improvement which is a bit of a bummer. Anyway, here is my build log for the new Sandy Bridge HTPC, my second Sandy Bridge build.
Leftover Parts:
1x OCZ Agility 2 120GB which will easily suffice for a quiet OS drive.
4x 2GB DDR3 1600 Patriot DIMMs (8GB total)
1x Corsair H50 or Cool-IT ECO ALC (have both unused, may just use stock cooler, still undecided)
1x Windows 7 Pro License (have a few retail boxes sitting on the shelf to use)
New Parts:
1x Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K (this will probably get replaced at some point but I picked one up anyway)
1x ASUS P8H67-M EVO as it has two x16 slots (x16 electrical and x4 electrical), along with a x1 PCIe slot. I would have preferred two x1 slots or two x8 slots, one x4 slot, and one x1 slot but what can you do this close to release? I had the PRO/CSM version in my hand, and went for the EVO instead because it had the extra x1 slot instead of a legacy PCI slot.
1x Supermicro SC731i-300B Chassis. I was at the store and saw this sitting around so I just picked it up. This may end up one day being a small server so why not? This was admittedly a spur of the moment purchase as I am now thinking that I want a Lian-Li case.
More pics to follow.
Leftover Parts:
1x OCZ Agility 2 120GB which will easily suffice for a quiet OS drive.
4x 2GB DDR3 1600 Patriot DIMMs (8GB total)
1x Corsair H50 or Cool-IT ECO ALC (have both unused, may just use stock cooler, still undecided)
1x Windows 7 Pro License (have a few retail boxes sitting on the shelf to use)
New Parts:
1x Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K (this will probably get replaced at some point but I picked one up anyway)
1x ASUS P8H67-M EVO as it has two x16 slots (x16 electrical and x4 electrical), along with a x1 PCIe slot. I would have preferred two x1 slots or two x8 slots, one x4 slot, and one x1 slot but what can you do this close to release? I had the PRO/CSM version in my hand, and went for the EVO instead because it had the extra x1 slot instead of a legacy PCI slot.
1x Supermicro SC731i-300B Chassis. I was at the store and saw this sitting around so I just picked it up. This may end up one day being a small server so why not? This was admittedly a spur of the moment purchase as I am now thinking that I want a Lian-Li case.
More pics to follow.