EA_MAN

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Please let me know what you think.

I'm thinking that for starters the onboard audio will be sufficient for my purposes.

Am I missing anything?

Thanks!



PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500 500W ATX12V PSU $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

HIS Hightech Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Video Card $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161272

3 Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb in RAID 5 $269.97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner & Encoder 1229 PCI-Express x1 $112.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116037

SILVERSTONE (Black) LC13B-E ATX Media Center & HTPC Case $104.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163117

GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H AM2+ / AM2 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128379

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5050e Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103298

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122 $40.79

LG Internal SATA Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L $109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133

Vista Home Premium 64-bit $99.99
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Total $1043.68
 

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If the most intensive video application you're going to have is decoding blu-ray discs or high-def content then the onboard graphics will suffice.

Also, some have said to use win 7 release candidate until it is available to buy.
 

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Thanks for the advice!
 
looks similar to the build im making (though mine only needs one hdd, i have a 2.5TB server on gigabit lan)

i would love to hear an update on how well that tv tuner does, im looking at the same one (except with remote incuded) for my build
 

EA_MAN

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I'm keeping my eyes open for deals - so it may be a little while beofer I actually make the purchase.

One option I'm considering is more like your configuration - with a NAS (build).
Did you build your server?

Thanks,
 
I have both the Hauppauge HVR-1600 and HVR-2250 in my HTPC. They are both excellent tuner cards. I highly recommend the 2250. I also recommend Windows 7. I was surprised at how well it worked out of the box for a HTPC. I had to do some registry hacks and stuff to get Vista to recognize and properly implement both TV tuners, but Windows 7 worked great without any changes.
 

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You're probably right - I was probably just getting a little greedy!
 

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It's got the right specs (and price).

Two knocks against it though:

1) It's not passively cooled - I'm trying to keep the htpc as quiet as possible
2) several users noted that the card ran a little hot

Again the specs are excellent - in a bigger well -ventilated case it would be perfect
 
Here's 3 4650's with passive coolers:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000048+1069633099+1295318921&QksAutoSuggestion=&Configurator=&Subcategory=48&description=4650&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=