Ultimate Home Theater PC - Silent & Powerful - Tech Deals
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2019
- Building the Ultimate HTPC - This is the 1st video in my HTPC series replacing my old i7-920 with a new custom build media center PC
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*UPDATE* - Several people have asked "why not just use a NAS?". That question implies that the only use here is to play back MP4 files that are stored on drives and that can be played back via an app on a Smart TV. If that was the only goal, sure, that could work... except how do you backup the NAS? Remember that RAID is not backup.
Putting that issue aside, a full PC on your TV can do so much more. As noted in the video, you can access streaming web sites that may not have an app for your favorite device or TV, you can rip DVD and Blu-Rays to ISO files and mount them, keeping their contents intact. You can play back odd and unsupported media formats that "apps" would complain about. You can transcode media to other formats, and at the end of the day, have absolute control over your PC/TV experience.
Backing up the local storage is easy for $5 per month via Backblaze (link in video description for a free trial), and you can add/remove whatever parts you want to make it your own.
This sort of media PC isn't for everyone, but for what I use it for, no app would replace it, I like having a full Windows desktop on my TV that I can do whatever I want with.
Mr deals, may I ask if and when you will make a 1660 Ti video. I don't mean to rush you or anything so please take your time.
I backup my 16TB NAS to two 8 TB external USB drives, using the GoodSync software. So far, it's worked pretty good, and saved my butt once after the Synology hybrid RAID became corrupted.
@@SydneyRadio2UE That's a good start... my concern is that unless you take that backup off-site, then you're at risk for all the single location risks for data. Fire, theft, etc.
ı wanna build the same system but I'll be using i3 9100F i have GPU RX 560 but I am not sure 4 core or 6 core ideal no gaming just web browser and movie watching
What about the audio quality
Can you have pc play DTH-HD , dolby atmos which app to use for that?
Damn, that was my plan for my 2400g. Thanks for always making the most informative content on youtube.
I have a 2200g fullfilling that role myself right now and a 2400g running my wife's "gaming" computer. She plays older games pretty exclusively so it works great.
Craig Howe Still a decent choice though,if that’s what you have around.
@@Doobie3010 Oh ye, it's a great cpu I would recommend to anyone.
I have a 6600K lying around that I might build a home theater PC around, but I wonder if I need a dedicated GPU since he recommends the newer generations with Quick Sync?
@@tinitis4144 I honestly don't know. I'm sure you could get by without one, and if you did need one a low end card would be more than enough.
Honestly, this man could sell me a broken pen, tell me in my face that it is broken, and I'd still buy it... How does one achieve such power? O_o
Anakin : "is it possible to learn this power?"
the shiny teeth! that's his secret!!
He'd have you convinced the pens build quality and structural integrity allow for replacement of nearly all the internal parts as well as the unlimited potential for future upgradability.
Ensuring you the best quality experience in all of your future writing endeavors.
I built a wonderful media PC a few years ago, and my wife absolutely loves me for it. Seriously... she uses it almost every day to stream all sorts of movies she finds. Especially foreign movies, because she grew up outside of the US. It has saved us big dollars, not having to sign up for special cable. Windows 7 has a free TV Guide function in Media Center, which you can buy a cheap remote for. And you can record off the air or cable. Lately, I have been exploring Linux. And this is a great PC to try it with. When Windows 7 is no longer supplying the TV Guide function, Linux will with the Myth TV App. And no Windows 10 crap! I wish I could switch all my PC's. But Linux does not support a lot of games as yet.
Yup. I built a HTPC in 2013, Windows 7 Home Media Center, and its still going strong. The whole family use it most days... a huge library of music, movies and photos. No subscriptions, no buffering. :-)
Nice info, I've recently been thinking of a HTPC lately, getting sick of the outdated TV apps that keep crashing and never get updated 😭
I haven't been watching TV for so long that I don't know anything about crashing TV apps on a television (or TV apps in general). I do know though that software on televisions is bad (security, updates, telemetry). I only watch shows and movies via my computer. No HTPC though, just my regular PC given that I don't have a television. Even when I still had a television connection I watched via my computer.
my pc is my htpc for everyone in the household and its also my 'gaming console', in the 6 years since ive built it its only ever been hooked up to a monitor for diagnostics, will be the same with my new 2600x + gtx 1070 build to. master race for life ❤
This is what I'm talking about. These are the type of videos u absolutely shine in. It's literally like u are a teacher, u deliver this information so well. I left a little constructive criticism on your last tech deals gaming video where u were playing the division.
This may be the best channel on all of youtube. I don't even care about a home theater PC and I still enjoy watching this. Keep up the excellent work!
I’m a simple man, i see a tech deals video...
I play it
Giving real feedback, very useful as always. I was thinking about this until I bought a long hdmi cable and plugged my tv to my gaming pc. At the moment it’s running perfectly.
I went from ryzen back to intel, simply for gaming at 100+ FPS, intel gives stable performance.
that's what I did.
Whenever I watch this man's videos, the way he talks just makes me happy inside. I have no clue why but its just nice to listen to him talk.
Horse Thief Thank you so much for the support!
When I buy stuff, I always use these amzn aff links to show my appreciation.. always great content
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I will never move away from all metal cases! They are the best! Great build Mr Tech! You truly make magic with computers! This should be advertised for every living room!
Good,excellent video as per usual.Not just throwing a pile of part together,but rather giving valid,common sense reasons for each choice.Good one man.
great video again! Love the channel and video, please keep up these videos with real scenario’s and real talk!
Love your videos, man. You put in a lot of effort and it shows. I found this video helpful and informative as I'm looking to build an HTPC in the near future.
Awesome video, I've been looking to make a home theater build. I've been watching your stuff for a while now and I gotta say I love your humble approach to it all. Thank you for the awesome content.
Nice video, well done. As always, your videos are backed up with knowledge and they are very informative. Looking forward to part. 2.
Always information packed with reasoning, analysis and deductions on chosen components.
The Intel Gen 11 Iris Plus Graphics 940 will be a beast. Giving you twice the decoding power and gaming performance. The next generation of intel might have a sub $200 budget gaming champion CPU soon. Vega 11 performance and Intel cores? Yes! Perfect HTPC CPUs too. If you can wait for them to launch.
Man, your voice is so clear that it can make a deaf person start hearing
You should be really proud of you and your channel. We watch every second of every tech video you upload, independently of whether it is acctually useful to us or not, but because the quality of your work makes it all worth it, and a pleasure.
Marca taio Thank you so much for the support!
Great options mentioned, explanation is clear as day, thanks mr.tech!
I might just copy this build! 👍🏼👊🏼
Great stuff. I've been thinking about a home streaming PC, and this is most helpful, explains a number of questions I had. I really dislike how slow and clunky feeling our bluray player and it's apps are; I'd love to have the responsiveness and versatility of real PC performance. Thanks much!
if it's a silent pc how will i hear the movie?
Bwahaha!
LMBO
I love how thorough you are!👍
ah, the i7-920. Some serious legs on that thing. Amazing really how, overall, CPU development was so stagnant between 2008 and 2017 when 'i7' finally got more cores.
😀 yup, and i just checked!✌😏 the X3470 4c8t is only $30 now so finally the i7 on a 1156 platform is priced just about the same as a Core2Quad 775 platform yay! And it has SSE4.2 Instructions Sets so Stock Up! 😍👍
I was just thinking about an HTPC build. Answered the key questions of the day, like why an HTPC and not Smart TVs? Great outline and use case coverage. Classic Tech. Wall to wall coverage no topic is too big or small.
Intel Quick Sync screams! Using Handbrake, I went from 10 hours to encode 2 hour 4K to just under 2 hours using the I7 8700K. The tricky part, is making sure the BIOS properly configured. That might be a good subject for future video?
I've been praising QuickSync for years, even for OBS streaming/recording it is amazing. People seem to massively overlook it and just go with higher core cpu or second pc or talk about nvidia encoder.
How do you use the Quick Sync? I also have 8700k
@@Mico605 I really don't get it with QS being a poor quality, I thought to myself, no one is going to scrutinise frame by frame. Prior to upgrade my 550 to a 1070, I used QS to record my gameplay.
My video editing, I usually try to make the CPU (6700k) usage very low, thus, I'm using NVENC+QS to encode/decode them. Unfortunately, most of the support are for Windows 10, not 8.1.
will you be covering the types of software you use for your htpc in the second video? like what programs you use to rip/encode/stream etc. or how you stream the media to your other connected devices?
Lots of great info here. Nice job Tech Deals!!
My favorite youtuber! Your an awesome channel Tech!
How timely. I just upgraded my pc and my old case was the corsair 200r with an amd fx 4100. At least I now have a use for the case. Great video.
I bought a core i5 9400f with a rx vega 56 for gaming and it works really well!
Thnx for the heart!
I couldn't have a better explanation than this for a Home Theater PC , even if i made my own research.
I'd probably go with the Pentium G5400 option combined with a large HDD just to watch movies. Thanks for this video!
I've been wanting to make a media center PC but had no idea where to start. You have helped me. ty.
loved the video mate, super informative!
Wonderful video. Your way of explaining everything and elaborating is excellent. Really impressive. Keep up the good work! 👍✊👏👏
We ditched cable 9 years ago now. Internet only home built HTPC's built with gaming in mind and also ditched consoles about 8 years ago now to. And now large format monitors are here. I could not imagine going back to the way we used to do things.
This is great! I been thinking of getting/building a HTPC and this video really explained some much needed info to me. I am curious about something though. In this video you discuss the box components but I'm curious about what kind of keyboard/mouse to use to navigate with. Is this something you will discuss in part 2? Also software? What do I need? Looking forward to part 2.
theres a lot of options ranging from handheld wireless remotes with keyboard, to steam controller, to proper wireless keyboard with touchpad, air mouse, take your pick, if you plan to run some front end software like kodi for example a simple wireless remote or even your phone will do for operation
Thank you, bro.
I have learned so much about these videos..!!!
Great video! I couldn't agree more about the value of quiet fans. I have the Silent Base 601 case from be quiet and I can honestly say it's inaudible from a couple feet away.
You are so in-depth. I love it
Love your channel man, hope to see an actual build montage next time.
I have parts around and this build is perfect. Thanks
Thorough clear info thanks
Great video, HTPCs are either forgotten about, or people just don't know how great they really are. Looking forward to part 2
People have begun ignoring them because they are incredibly restrictive if you're an enthusiast. For example, if you want a 4k blue ray drive, which any enthusiast will want. You have to buy a 7th Gen intel cpu because of some bullshit copy protection. And you are limited to a handful of softwares to run the uhd even if you have the drive, most of which are complete shit.
Most people don't need a full on htpc, and the enthusiasts who do, would rather just buy a standalone drive to save the effort. It's just another example of disk copy protection killing the consumer to delay the piracy crack by another few months.
By the way, the reason you want a uhd drive, is because blue ray disks have far greater image and audio quality than streamed service, most streamed services don't even properly support proper surround sound systems.
another great video, thanks
What a class on HTPC fantastic my friend
I went the HTPC route a few years ago. Sold it and got an Nvidia Shield. The shield has a USB so you can plug in an external HDD. You can also network to a NAS if you need more storage.
great info. other than selling for parts, what do you recommend to use for retired components? do you recycle any components? or only sell them second hand? after years of building and upgrading im wondering what to do with older parts. thanks!
Thanks for the guide!
I turned my TV into a smart tv. It made me realize why the tv shows large gray bars on the top and bottom of the screen every time I change something. It is for displaying ads...
The menu option "factory reset" did not remove it either but thanks to a guy on youtube I could use some obscure key sequences on the remote to do a real factory reset.
The heck, I never knew the i5-9400 existed. I could only find the i5-9400F and it doesn't have integrated graphics, but the link in the description links to i5-8400?
The i5-9400 is coming, not sure where the listings went... it'll be back I imagine...
beautiful. thanks very much.
Hi there, thanks for the video. Question, what apps and how do you stream videos from this media centre to the varies number of tv’s?
A major problem with using intel CPU's is that the motherboards rarely support HDMI 2.0, including the one used above. Most B450 motherboards (and many A320) support HDMI 2.0 when using the Ryzen 3 2200G or Ryzen 5 2400G. Hence if 4k 60Hz viewing is a prerequisite, then AMD is really the only option (assuming you are using the iGPU).
You say 'most' motherboards don't support HDMI 2.0.
Can you link to an actual Intel motherboard that does support 2.0?
I'm not trolling, just under the impression that literally no Intel Integrated graphics supports 2.0 (as evident by the 9900k/9700k listing only 1.4 support).
I don't believe it's possible to have a motherboard support 2.0 if the HD 630 doesn't support it, but I'd like to be proven wrong.
AFAIK only 3 Z370 motherboards support HDMI 2.0 via an onboard LSPCON.
It is not native support but a port from the DisplayPort
They are:
Gigabyte Z370N ITX
ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac
EVGA Z370 Classified K
There may be more but these are the only ones I know about.
The B450 AMD motherboards have native support via the VEGA iGPU itself. See:
smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/raven-ridge-hdmi-2-0-compatibility-1st-gen-am4-motherboard-test-request-megathread.6709/
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Thos is what i needed, thank you
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Great video as always. I'm looking forward to the video of what software you use and how to configure it, and how to config a remote control for the media software. That always scared me away from building a media machine. Instead for the last 5+ years I have run a WD Media player linked to a Synology NAS. I recently upgraded the WD Media player to a Nvidia Shield running Kodi and it works really well, no complex software config required. It's my first time using Kodi and it has blown me away, great software.
Never even thought of doing something like this, but Tech Deals got me wondering now 🤔
So, any chance of a comparizon of the video encoder/decoder in the AMD APUs vs Intels encoders/decoders?
I made mine with an 8th gen intel pentium g5600
Only 3tb drives since i have most of my movies in 720p
But I did put a Blu-ray disk drive for the Blu-ray movies I have
Great video! I would love to see you do a review on good UPS's to use.
Hi Tech Deals! I have not been here for a long time and I see this channel is as good as always, or even better :)
By the way, I see you have almost no mini ITX or micro ATX PC builds and those are pretty cool. Sometimes the smaller the better ;)
Welcome back! :) I have the luxury of living in Texas, everything is big in Texas and I don't have space limits for PCs...
That being said, a mini-ITX system is on the list of things to do. I have the parts for it, just need some time.
I recently started using the Corsair 200R for two builds, for the purpose that it was affordable, tooless and is not a distraction.
can you please show the setup with plex or similar
Great video! What would you recommend for a mini itx htpc build? Preferably running two m.2 ssds.
if there was a computer school, I would hire you to teach, keep up the great posts
I went with a small computer case for mine as it sorta matched the consoles it was going to sit beside.
Most will, this is a desktop not HTPC. not sure why he is pretending it's HTPC
Thinking about setting up my own HTPC but not sure on what CPU to use, looking to be able to support at least 1 4k hdr stream with 2 1080p streams on plex, what would be best CPU and system specs to use for this?
Hello I want to build an htpc and am trying to decide between a 9600k and a 9700k. I want it to last for years and maybe sometimes use it for gaming when I don’t feel like getting non my pc. Which would you use for yourself please? Thanks.
i have a similar 10 yr old dell prebuilt (slim version) and i really love the look of the case. would it be a bad idea to build a VR ready system in it? i feel like theres probably not enough air flow to cool such a powerful system
hi there. i really liking your videos top stuff fella :)
So what software are you going to use to play those blurays?
Cyberlink power DVD does the job I think...
seeing that he rips (backups) his blu rays with makemkv i'd assume that he's using Plex to serve those files to anything over the network locally or over the web even.
Gotta love that feeling when you have extra inventory and just play around making RAID 0s and what not
Nice video. Love Noctua fans. My Corsair fans are basically just for RGB. Noctua fans do much matter job on cooling and silence.
I'm thinking of a home theater pc in the future, it sounds interesting to have for a true cinema experience at home. Right now though, I'm looking to get a good Intel gaming pc that can handle current and future modern games (excluding FPS and high intensive gaming since I don't play those) like adventure and racing. Out of the games I have on the computer, I think Rise of the Tomb Raider is the most intensive game I have and it's not as intensive as FPS and some other intensive games. I would also like to get close if not to 5GHz speed as I do have a 360mm liquid cooler to put on the chip. Which chip would you recommend for a casual adventure and racing gamer that can record 1080p @144fps, 1440p and 4K @60fps? and would a RTX 2070 be plenty?
I have been going back and forth for the last few weeks about replacing my current PC with the same i7-920
Love the video
Always wanted to do something like that. Great idea. I even made a presentation about this at my university class of IT once.
I'd just put it in smaller horizontal case, which is very stylish. Not many drives would fit there, but who fills their hard drives with pirated series and movies these days anyway?
I'd also do some rainmeter, object dock and icon packager magic to make TV screen look cool at my living room. Or even use dedicated Linux distro.
is my i5 8400 good to pair with rtx 2060 or do I have to upgrade to i7 8700. my mobo is msi b360m bazooka .max ram speed 2666mhz.
Hi can you provide the links to the pre built PC.
Will this "theater pc " work better than the streaming devices.
I have a streamsmart box.
They cost around 200-300 and only good for 1 TV . I like the networking function for all Tvs.
I have the i5 8400. Is that OK? I think its coffee lake. Does that have the accelerated graphics for streaming and RUclips that you were talking about?
Yes
damn ! whatever regards pc he is there ! great job man from DUBAI
Would the onboard graphics be enough to use madvr on mpc-hc? Apparently madvr requires a lot of gpu power to provide the best image quality.
can you wathc 4k?
i still got a amd Athlon 5200+ it's on a few hours a week (now a back up server) and still working as good as the day i got it :)
man i love active cooled silent pcs. Have Silent Wings 2(i think) in my case, but i know there are at least 2-3 more really good options.
Unrelated question: If I buy a 1440p 144Hz monitor for my PC, but my PC can't run that yet (GTX 1070). Will it be unuseable? Can I scale it down to 144Hz 1080p until I get a better GPU?
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I just bought a lg 4k monitor for my pc but
I`m using a GT 710 gpu with a max res of
2560x1600 should I upgrade my GPU, its for
media use,watching/streaming 4k video ?? (ryzan 5 3600)
The Fractal Arc Midi is $65 on Newegg, 8 x 3.5" drive cages (2.25 too) and 2 x 5.25 ODD with one convertible to 3.5 w/ included bracket plus 3 x 140mm fans that are pretty good and since they're 140's will spin slower than 120's.
with all those HDDs that is Almost a server PC
Server can have just one hard drive lol if it serves files it is a server
@ servers usualy have 5-6 hard drivers rarely one big hard drive
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Nice video. I've been using PC as media player for many years now, It gives you so much more flexibility, not only watching series, movies, etc. but also streaming youtube, playing music. Currently I have an older ASUS ROG G20AJ with 16GB memory, i7-4790 which is also a quiet pc. But looking for an upgrade which also has 4K support and which also has enought power for rendering 4k drone video content. Is a setup like this suitable for that, or would you need more power for rendering 4k videos?
would you recommend using a gaming pc as a home theater aswell? or should i make another build just for this ?
Good HTPC build if you don't want to watch 4k60Hz. As far as I know, Intel doesn't support HDMI 2.0 on the iGPU. The AMD 2200G and 2400G support HDMI 2.0 on most B series boards. I use and Asrock B450 mini ITX for my HTPC with a 2400G ( I do lite gaming on that TV as well, like SC2 and Diablo III ). It all depends, but I think the only reason to get the Intel CPU is when you plan to rip blue rays, all other cases the AMD APU are far superior. I use the HTPC on a 75" 4k60Hz TV. The Intel can only drive 4k 30Hz.
What software do u use to watch bluerays?