HTPC

$750 AMD

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+	123
Motherboard	Asus M2A-VM HDMI	99
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	65
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	129
Optical Drive	18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA	35
Graphics Card	Onboard from motherboard	-
Case	Antec NSK-2400	130
Power Supply	Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case	-
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	55
Remote	MCE Remote and IR receiver	39
Total Cost	-	675 + Postage

$1000 Intel

Part	Model	Price	Case
CPU	Core 2 Duo E4500	169
Motherboard	Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD	132
RAM	2GB Kingston DDR2-667	60
Hard Drive	500GB Samsung HD501LJ	133
Optical Drive	Asus 1814BLT SATA drive	44
Graphics Card	256MB 8500GT w/HDTV	88
Case	Antec NSK-2400	129
Power Supply	Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case	-
Cooling	-	-
TV Tuner Card	Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card	55
Remote	MCE Remote and IR receiver	39
Total Cost	-	851 + 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.