What kind of casing? And how much did you spend on your HTPC? If possible, a breakdown on the parts please. Thanks.

Guys,

Need some pointers please, if you don't mind helping.

Planning to knock up a quick HTPC from my current old desktop. It has an old Gigabyte G31M-ES2L mobo running on E5500 with 2GB of RAM. My aim is to have a small footprint, low power consuming box which for downloading (got Unifi at home) and some light-weight gaming, connecting to my 50" plasma. Please advise on what to get (best bang-for-the-buck for a budget of around RM500):
- casing (with PSU)
- GC
- 2TB drive

Thank you.

Thanks for your input, kianwee.

I suppose the 2TB hdd is asking too much, for my measly budget of rm500. I should realistically look at a 1TB instead, costing around rm170, leaving rm330 for a GC and casing-psu - what can i get for that kind of money (ie rm330)?