G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 Memory
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" MLC Internal SSD
4GB of memory is cheap and more than enough for most things we do on a PC.
The SSD is a bit of a luxury option, but it is dead silent and will make booting fast. If you have an extra HDD I suppose you could use that and save $100. Otherwise if you are buying a new drive and you do not plan to store media in the HTPC an SSD makes a lot of sense.
64GB is plenty as long as we do store media locally. Windows 7 will take 20GB. But you do need some room for updates and general workspace. 40GB is probably as low as I would go in this type of setup.
A good place to put movies and pictures is in an energy efficient media server where it can be accessed from any computer in the house. Make sure you have a gigabit network. More on that later.
Unboxed!
It does not show, but the G. Skills sticks are a very pretty shiny/chrome red. We could have used the cooler looking Rip Jaws for a couple of dollars more, but when you are building these things you never know exactly how it will all fit together. So we went with the lower profile sticks. No matter, these are great.
G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 Memory
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" MLC Internal SSD
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