Decent proccesor for streaming HD online with HDMI to HDTV

Hello everyone,

I am looking to build at the lowest price possible a cheep PC that I will use to stream HD shows from Hulu for example to my 40" 1080p HDTV. I was wondering if you guys knew a decent processor and video card requirements to do that. I wound't be running games or normal computer apps on it all I would be doing is streaming movies from online and from my computers in my network. So I guess price is really important to me I want to know the barebones processor and graphics cards then maybe take it a step up from there.

Thanks in advance.

Patrick

I would say any AMD Dual-Core over 2.4Ghz which I have. A 250$ PC would be more than enought. Make sure to get an HDMI motherboard.

Hers a suggestion:

hxxp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157162 84.99$ Motherboard with HDMI

hxxp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103687 66.00$ 2.9Ghz AMD Dualcore 45nm

hxxp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220255 27.99$ 2x1GB DDR2 Patriot cooled.

Any power supply should work but if you want a quality psu get this:

hxxp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703017 49.99$

Will you use a lot of disk space? 1080p eats space like crazy my 500gb is nearly full lol

EDIT : Dint refresh...
But if you dont want to change any settings or anything, then get this CPU along with the mobo and RAM...
AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103688

And just a note...I have not gone with AM3 socket because it would require DDR3 RAM and would slightly increase the cost of the overall PC though it is the way to go if you are considering a better upgrade path...But you wont notice any performance increase though...

If you want to go AM3, then
Mobo - Any of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128397
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131406
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157168

RAM
Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148194

Thanks a lot guys I really appreciate it. Disk space isn't really important because I will be streaming from other computers in my network with bigger HDs. I am kind of new to this and looking to get better. Do the motherboards come with video cards or do I have to buy a separate one. I am assuming they don't come so which one would you recommend?

EDIT -
@Daggs No, the X2 240 and the phenoms are different cores...
The X2 550 and the X3 720 are the crippled Phenom II X4...
And the 7750/ 7850 are the crippled Phenom I X4...

Man you guys are awesome! Gaming is not a big deal so the card with the motherboard will do fine. While your at it would you recommend any dvd drives(burner is not nessary) or any cheep cases?

@elie3000, you can post working links here...