HTPC

$750 AMD

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+	85
Motherboard	Asus M2A-VM HDMI	105
RAM	2GB Corsair DDR2-667	104
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	139
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	46
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec NSK-2400	127
Power Supply	Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case	-
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	59
Remote	MCE Remote and IR receiver	39
Total Cost	-	704 + Postage

$1000 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4500	175
Motherboard	Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD	136
RAM	2GB Corsair DDR2-667	108
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	139
Optical Drive	Asus 1814BLT SATA drive	48
Graphics Card	256MB 8500GT w/HDTV	94
Case	Antec NSK-2400	124
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	39
Total Cost	-	937 + 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.