Building new HTPC, a little help needed (1 Viewer)

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  • June 10, 2007
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    Hi Guys, Im planning on buying the following for a second HTPC (using vista os) in the bedroom:

    ThermalTake Mozart SX - Slim Case with 430W PSU
    ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI AM2+
    Athlon X2 4850e
    Corsair 2GB (2 X 1GB) 667MHZ DDR2
    Samsung 750GB 32MB SATAII 7200RPM
    Sony 20X SATA DL DVD BURNER

    A few things missing:

    1. Remote
    2. TV Tuner

    Reading another thread from a fellow Australian, the Hauppauge NOVAT500 is a good choice for Tuner. Is this still the case, any other recommendations?

    With the Remote, the case above has a choice to get Remote/Receiver built in but I have no idea how good it is when used with MediaPortal. I currently have a MCE remote on my other HTPC and would be happy to get another one.

    Any change to the hardware above, total cost for the items above excluding Remote/Tuner is $685 which is great.

    Thanks,l
    Damien

    I just noticed that the Hauppauge NOVAT500 is pretty old now. How about the Hauppauge HVR2200 MCE instead?
     

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