Budget: $600 MAX if I could get for $500 or less that will be good
More specific use (what games, what programs): Music and Movie dont really need to play games
Planned time until purchase: 2-4 weeks
Do you need an Operating System?: NO
Do you have any specific preferred components?: Just need cheap ones but good quality
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: Maybe / if just a lil bit more expensive
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Yes and No
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: No/No/No
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): canada

Already got a gpu that working fine + dvd burner ...so dont need gpu and dvd drive
My friend store lot of movies and music so I need a HDD with at lesat 2Tb

I would go with an FM2+ mobo and this APU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113393...to be able to get in under that budget.

/e You won't need a vid card, if you go that route.

This post was edited by Ghot on Oct 12 2015 07:03pm

looking for a cheap mobo/cpu combo

I don't have time to do this tonight but I will throw something together in the next couple days, I have 2 media PCs currently (Although I use neither at the moment)

have those two build in mind:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/QRNjFT
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/RGzggs

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/


Blu-Ray reader/writer
lots of storage
Quiet case and fans (no need to hear your PC in the middle of a movie)
Basic sound card, gives you optical out for running to a surround sound, you can drop it if you plan to use HDMI, some Blu-ray playback softwares will not do surround sound through HDMI unless you pay more, so it may be more economical to use the card
APU for integrated graphics and low price
8 gigs of ram
Aftermarket cooler, not for cooling purposes but for noise reduction
Added a card reader because it isn't really a media center if you cant easily load your videos/music
Wifi card included

Both spend way more than is required on the motherboard/processor for a media center build, both lack extensive storage which you will need for quality movie files and high quality audio files, both have power supplies more on par with a gaming rig, both use mid-tower cases which are better suited for a computer desk than they are for a home theater area, and finally both use a performance CPU cooler which is made for performance first, when you want them to be silent


Also, both lack an optical drive, if this is for a media center you want a Blu-ray reader at the very least and likely a writer

told you i already got a bluray reader

Where? At your original post you say you have a DVD drive

Drop the Blu-ray drive then, you can use the money on a higher processor or something

well show me your build then