$750 AMD
Part |
Model |
Price |
Case
|
CPU
|
AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350 (45W) |
108
|
|
Motherboard
|
Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H |
114
|
|
RAM
|
2GB Kingston DDR2-667 |
48
|
Hard Drive
|
500GB Samsung HD501LJ |
115
|
Optical Drive
|
18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA |
35
|
|
Graphics Card
|
HD3200 Onboard |
-
|
|
Case
|
Antec NSK-2400 |
122
|
|
Power Supply
|
Antec 380W High Efficiency included in Case |
-
|
|
Cooling
|
- |
-
|
|
TV Tuner Card
|
Twinhan VisionPlus VP3020C TV Tuner Card |
49
|
|
Remote
|
MCE Remote and IR receiver |
34
|
|
Total Cost
|
- |
616 + Postage
|
$750 Intel
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.