Suggestions required for finalising HTPC config

[mav555]

finally ordered the cabinet silverstone s02 from primeabgb
should be with me in 3-4 days.

The components finalised as of now are
motherboard Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
ram Corsair Value 2X2GB DDR3 1333MHz
psu FSP saga II 350W

really confused reg processor ?
Athlon II X2 250
Athlon II X3 440


pls suggest as ill be buying the components tmmrw or day after

 

[saswat23]

Get X3, more future proof.

 

[skeletor]

really confused reg processor ?
Athlon II X2 250
Athlon II X3 440


pls suggest as ill be buying the components tmmrw or day after

imo, you don't really need anything above Athlon II X2 250 for HTPC. Rest is your choice if you want to be so-called "future proof."

 

[mav555]

Please suggest some good UPS under 4K


APC BACK-UPS ES 650VA 230V

i was using APC but it got burnt few months back.

Even the service centre guys told me that the entire Cicuit board has got burnt and it is not repairable

 

[saswat23]

APC 800VA at 3.5k.

 

[MegaMind]

For this rig, APC 600va - 1.7k will suffice...

 

[mav555]

MoBo: GigaByte GA-880GM-UD2H
This is not available here .
Is thr any good mono based on 880 chipsets
From Asus ?? Model no with price
Pls suggest going for upgrade in the evening .

 

[Piyush]

Asus M4A88TD-V-EVO/USB-3 @ 6.8k
Asus M4A88TD-M-EVO/USB-3 @ 6.2k

 

[mav555]

Finally went for phenom 955 BE
Got 25 % off via friend who is working
With AMD
Mobo is Asus 88-m-le
Ram corsair 1333mhz 4gb
Still running components in Old cabby as will be porting
Them to silverstone s02 in a day or too.
One ques reg Os , as of now using widows xp 32 bit
Will installing 64 bit make more sense ??
Also if I plan to do gaming will 64 bit Os be fine ?

 

[skeletor]

Will installing 64 bit make more sense ??
Also if I plan to do gaming will 64 bit Os be fine ?

yea, only Windows 7 64bit makes sense these days. Every game and software will work fine. amd64 processors are backwards compatible with the old x86 or 32bit instruction set. This includes Intel Core * too.

 

[mav555]

Thanks a lot everybody for helping .