Build Advice ITX Media PC or MATX

I've found myself with an itch to build another PC. I've got a house full as it is however this will be used as a media PC in my room hooked upto my 32 inch TV which is only 720p or 1080i as I'm too cheap to buy a new TV.

ITX or MATX preferred, must be capabale of 1080p when I get round to replacing my TV.

Happy to go intel or AMD (an go APU if need be)

Looking to keep the build to under £200.

Parts I don't need -
Optical Drive
SSD
Hard Drives
Graphics card (GTX660 or a GT610 in my parts box)
A windows licence

Would like the motherboard to have decent soundcard but there is room for a proper dedicated card instead.

It will be used for streaming,watching DVD's and my library of digital content TV shows etc. Listening to music and very light gaming.

Your suggestions on a postcard please

 

Second hand would be your best bet as RAM will take up the majority of that budget.

 

I would've thought a thinITX build would be your best bet, those ECS boards that keep coming up are under £20. Cheap chip and a DDR3L SODIMM in it could be secondhand, you'd barely be on around £80 then just need a case.

The computer could use Steam streaming from one of your other rigs.

 

PM'd you (or "conversation" if that's the same thing)

 

For "cheap", "small" and "media centre" then one of the many, many second-hand USFF business boxes that get flogged from the usual suspects (Morgan, SVP, etc) sounds like just the ticket.

 

Interested, have just replied to your message

 

Have a look at NUC's, you can get a barebones for around £100 and they are so small and silent you can mount them on the back of the TV.

E.g. this one is £121, has dual band AC wireless, takes DDR3L (cheaper): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0167PHS6U

I built an Intel Pentium NUC for my mother in NZ over xmas as an office PC, was very impressed.

If you only want to use it as a media PC then bang for buck/size/power they are fantastic.

 

+1 this. Though does depend on what you mean by light gaming..