Need advices for my multipurpose mini-ITX pc

[gert76]

Hello,

I am new here on the forums, I have read around some topics and I like the level and quality of the posts, I hope I can fit neatly in this community
Please excuse me if with my first post I am not 100% on topic, I am trying and I thought this would be the correct section.

I would say I am an advanced user, I have built my own PCs in the past but I am a bit outdated since I have recently used only laptops and development boards. Now I decided to build a Mini-ITX PC, loosely based on Jeff Atwood's HTPC; I've read around on internet because I am a bit out of the loop and would like to catch up on recent news and articles, reading them with a grain of salt (I don't like being brainwashed with not-so-much honest/professional reviews you can find around).

I realize that the first step is to understand what I will need it for, and it's also the most difficult. In the end I can make this list of usages:

- NAS, since I will be accessing it as a network share (Windows/NFS) and I would like it to be fast enough from this perspective; no big file transfers, but small instead I'd say
- occasional movie watching and music playing (nothing fancy, no 3D)
- occasional game playing, no cutting edge 3D (I still have a pile of games to play)

All my other usages would be irrelevant for deciding; since I want to keep it ON all the time, I was thinking of putting a constraint of "low power usage", but I want to be realistic on this e.g. just not pick the most power hungry components without being aware of that.

So, this is the list of components I am going to use:

(most links are to Amazon, but I do not endorse it in any way - actually I don't buy this stuff there)

• Antec ISK 310-150 Mini-ITX (USB 3.0 version)
  
• ASRock B85M-ITX
  
• Intel Core i5 4670K
  
• Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
  
• PicoPSU 90W output 12V
  

please tell me if I am making some mistake, and if you know widely known weaknesses of these systems. also advices are welcome

P.S.: I know that these topics can quickly go flaming and off-topic..I hope this won't!

thanks all!

[debs3759]

Any reason why you have listed both a 150W and a 90W PSU? I would go for the 150W personally, due to the 84W TDP of the 4670K if you ever max it out

[gg1978]

i wouldn't go with such a high wattage cpu for something like that with a dc/dc brick providing power..

[JAC]

[gert76]

[gert76]

In the end I chose an I3 4340, I prefer lower consumption rates