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($750 AM2)
($1000 Core 2 Duo)
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! CPU
| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm Core 2 Duo E6320] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=E6320 255]
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| [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm Core 2 Duo E4300] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=E4300 155]
 
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! Motherboard
 
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| [http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ConRoe1333-DVI/H ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=ASROCK+CONROE1333-DVIH 129]
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| [http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ConRoe1333-DVI/H ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=ASROCK+CONROE1333-DVIH 117]
 
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! RAM
 
! RAM
| 2x 512MB Generic DDR2 - 2gb if going Vista || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=512MB+DDR2 68]
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| 2GB A-DATA DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=A-DATA+667 150]
 
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| 256MB 7600GT w/HDTV|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=7600GT+HDTV 145]
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| 256MB 7600GT w/HDTV|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=7600GT+HDTV 143]
 
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Revision as of 17:27, 20 April 2007

$750 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 93
Motherboard Asus M2NPV-VM 119
RAM 1GB A-DATA DDR2-667 79
Hard Drive 320GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 117
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 48
Cooling - -
TV Tuner Card Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card 72
Additional - -
Total Cost - 673 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E4300 155
Motherboard ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI 117
RAM 2GB A-DATA DDR2-667 150
Hard Drive 320GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 125
Optical Drive Asus 1814BLT SATA drive - comes with MPEG decoder suitable for MCE 65
Graphics Card 256MB 7600GT w/HDTV 143
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 - 934 + Postage


For MCE and Vista with analogue TV or a Foxtel/Optus box, the Hauppauge PVR150 is ideal. If you want to do DVB TV, get the Nova-T 500MCE as it has dual tuners - both of these cards are low-profile or standard height. For MythTV under Linux, the AverMedia A777 is natively supported - see www.linuxtv.org for more cards.