HTPC

$750 AM2

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+	88
Motherboard	Asus M2A-VM HDMI	125
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	116
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA	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
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	737 + Postage

$1000 Core 2 Duo

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4300	155
Motherboard	Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD	148
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	116
Hard Drive	400GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA	121
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
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	943 + 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.