New HTPC

[road2ruin]

Just built a new HTPC to go with my Samsung 32" LCD at home.
Wanted to do it for under £600 so Specs are

Antec Fusion case
Asus M2N DH Motherboard (has built in wireless)
Athlon 64x2 3800+ (core 2 duo just too pricey at mofor under £600)
1GB of Ram.
Nvidia 7600gs PCIE
Hauppauge 1300 Digital Tv card.
Samsung 320GB hard drive
Samsung 18x DVDr/w
Windows MCE (with ugrade voucher to Vista Home Premium)

All for under £600inc VAT

Can anyone do better?

[iaint]

road2ruin said:

All for under £600inc VAT

Can anyone do better?

Dunno, what does the 'HT' bit of HTPC mean?

[nickfrp]

iaint said:

road2ruin said:

All for under £600inc VAT

Can anyone do better?

Dunno, what does the 'HT' bit of HTPC mean?

Home Theater Personal Computer

[ARH]

Change winmce for www.team-mediaportal.com/ this is free and more customisable.

Change the tv card for a nova-t if you are reciving freeveiw.

That should save a few quid.