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I can only comment on a few of the items

Seagate is a good manufacturer. Depending on your needs, 640GB may not be enough. Either way, since you are going to run XP, I suggest partitioning it into 3 logical drivers. 1 ~14GB for the os (if you slip stream all the updates into the install, you can get away with 9GB). This is larger than your actual OS install so you have room to install what ever programs you want and still defrag effectively. You can get even less space if you KNOW what you want to install. The second partition is for the swap file...USE THIS ONLY IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING SWAP FILE PARAMETERS. If you do not feel comfortable, use only TWO partitions. The last partition is for your media. I though 500GB would be enough for me...I was WRONG. I am at 1.5TB and that is still pushing the limits of my media. I have only about 200GB of expansion...so plan accordingly.

RAM, not critical in HTPC. But ADATA has received some good reviews. I have not used ASUS media drives before.

Otherwise, it looks good.

GOod Luck

Solas

<blockquote data-quote="solas989" data-source="post: 385198" data-attributes="member: 87399">I can only comment on a few of the itemsSeagate is a good manufacturer. Depending on your needs, 640GB may not be enough.&nbsp; Either way, since you are going to run XP, I suggest partitioning it into 3 logical drivers. 1 ~14GB for the os (if you slip stream all the updates into the install, you can get away with 9GB). This is larger than your actual OS install so you have room to install what ever programs you want and still defrag effectively.&nbsp; You can get even less space if you KNOW what you want to install. The second partition is for the swap file...USE THIS ONLY IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING SWAP FILE PARAMETERS.&nbsp; If you do not feel comfortable, use only TWO partitions.&nbsp; The last partition is for your media.&nbsp; I though 500GB would be enough for me...I was WRONG.&nbsp; I am at 1.5TB and that is still pushing the limits of my media. I have only about 200GB of expansion...so plan accordingly.RAM, not critical in HTPC. But ADATA has received some good reviews.&nbsp; I have not used ASUS media drives before.Otherwise, it looks good.GOod LuckSolas</blockquote>

[QUOTE="solas989, post: 385198, member: 87399"] I can only comment on a few of the items Seagate is a good manufacturer. Depending on your needs, 640GB may not be enough. Either way, since you are going to run XP, I suggest partitioning it into 3 logical drivers. 1 ~14GB for the os (if you slip stream all the updates into the install, you can get away with 9GB). This is larger than your actual OS install so you have room to install what ever programs you want and still defrag effectively. You can get even less space if you KNOW what you want to install. The second partition is for the swap file...USE THIS ONLY IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING SWAP FILE PARAMETERS. If you do not feel comfortable, use only TWO partitions. The last partition is for your media. I though 500GB would be enough for me...I was WRONG. I am at 1.5TB and that is still pushing the limits of my media. I have only about 200GB of expansion...so plan accordingly. RAM, not critical in HTPC. But ADATA has received some good reviews. I have not used ASUS media drives before. Otherwise, it [I]looks[/I] good. GOod Luck Solas [/QUOTE]