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($1000 Core 2 Duo)
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! Motherboard
|[http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1585&modelmenu=1 Asus M2A-VM HDMI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?sourceid=Mozilla-search&q=M2A-VM+HDMI 125]
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|[http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0&model=1585&modelmenu=1 Asus M2A-VM HDMI] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?sourceid=Mozilla-search&q=M2A-VM+HDMI 115]
 
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! RAM
 
! RAM
| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston 116]
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| 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2GB+DDR2+Kingston 86]
 
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! Hard Drive
 
! Hard Drive
| 400GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA|| [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=400gb+samsung+sata 121]
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| [http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD501LJ.asp 500GB Samsung HD501LJ] || [http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=500GB+SATA 154]
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! Optical Drive
 
! Optical Drive
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Revision as of 20:26, 11 June 2007

$750 AM2

Part Model Price Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 88
Motherboard Asus M2A-VM HDMI 115
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 86
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung HD501LJ 154
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Antec NSK-2400 136
Power Supply Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case -
Cooling - -
TV Tuner Card Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card 72
Remote MCE Remote and IR receiver 45
Total Cost - 742 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price Case
CPU Core 2 Duo E4300 150
Motherboard Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD 148
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 116
Hard Drive 500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA 154
Optical Drive Asus 1814BLT SATA drive - comes with MPEG decoder suitable for MCE 59
Graphics Card 256MB 7600GT w/HDTV 136
Case Antec NSK-2400 136
Power Supply Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case -
Cooling - -
TV Tuner Card Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card 72
Remote MCE Remote and IR receiver 45
Total Cost - 1016 + 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.