HTPC

$750 AM2

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+	110
Motherboard	Asus M2NPV-VM	119
RAM	2x 512MB Generic DDR2	86
Hard Drive	320GB Serial ATA HDD	127
Optical Drive	16x Pioneer DVR-111D	39
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Cooler Master CM Media 260 HTPC case	105
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	72
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	707 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Core 2 Duo E6300	259
Motherboard	ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI	109
RAM	2x 512MB Generic DDR2	86
Hard Drive	320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10	127
Optical Drive	16x Pioneer DVR-111D	39
Graphics Card	256MB 7600GT w/HDTV	150
Case	Cooler Master CM Media 260 HTPC case	105
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	48
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	72
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	995 + Postage

I'm unsure about the tuner cards, though...