i am looking to build an HTPC with the capabilities to play blu-ray movies and play the role of a nasBox. hence the HD HTnasBox title. trying to stay south of $600us. including tax and shipping. and use as little power as possible, because of the 24/7 nasBox usage. did some searching. what do you think about these components? 1) Motherboard/CPU Zotac IONITX-A-U <--- clicky. liked this board for it's 90w power supply. 2) Memory OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB PC2-6400 <--- clicky. i have this memory already from an old build. hence the choice. 3) Storage Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB <--- clicky. 4) Blu-ray Drive Lite-On 8x Blu-ray 16x DVD Drive <--- clicky. 5) Case nMEDIAPC HTPC 5000B <--- clicky. a large case. but didn't see another nice looking case with what i wanted. one 5.25 external bay. at least two 3.5 internal bays. and fit to appear in a media center. would this set-up be effective as a HTPC playing blu-ray? how about as being a nasBox? any and all advice is appreciated. i have never ventured into the HTPC nor the NAS world before. thanks. in advance. lxrysprtmscl.
