garfangle

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Through my research I have come up with these specs:

Components/Description/Price (lowest I could find)

Motherboard: Asus A8N-VM CSM: $72
Memory: CORSAIR DDR 400 PC 3200 2GB: $146
CPU: AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.4Ghz+1mb: $213
HD: Western Digital 250GB serial ata x2: $170
Case: Aspire X-QPack 420W SFF: $88
Optical Storage: Lite-On SHD-16P1S 16x DVD-ROM: $22
Optical Storage: Lite-On SHM-165H6S 16x Litescribe DL DVDRW: $53
OS: Windows XP Media Center 2005: $110
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop LX300: $33

Total:$907 (ex-s&h+tax)

Monitor: HP L2335 23" LCD: $930
Monitor: Viewsonic G225FB 21" CRT: $432

Total: $1837/$1339

Is there anything I am missing or do you have any comments?

Ciao.
 

Datman

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This system looks good.
Are you going to be playing games? I didn't notice a graphics card. If you are playing games maybe a 7900GT or X1900XT or something Quieter for a Media Centre computer. How about a Hi Definition TV tuner card like the Dvico FusionHDTV.