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Revision as of 17:32, 7 May 2007
$750 AM2
| Part | Model | Price | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ | 93 | |
| Motherboard | Asus M2NPV-VM | 119 | |
| RAM | 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 kit | 60 | |
| 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 | - | 654 + 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 | 117 | |
| Optical Drive | Asus 1814BLT SATA drive - comes with MPEG decoder suitable for MCE | 59 | |
| 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 | - | 920 + 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.