for the client, in my opinion the cheapest and nicest mini option is to go with an nVidia 7050 (for HDTV) or 6150 (for regular TV). These boards are small (microATX) and cheap and work well with cheap AMD AM2 CPU's.
I've also been thinking about using a 4Gb CF card instead of a hard disk for my client, but haven't got around to trying it out yet. |