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<blockquote data-quote="AussieGuy" data-source="post: 105556" data-attributes="member: 29365">G'day everyone,I’m only new to this sort of stuff but i'm wanting to have a crack at making my own HTPC. I haven’t brought any hardware though, but I have been testing Media Portal for my software. So far so good. Anyways I’m thinking about buying the SilverStone LC16M case, but I don’t know what sort of hardware I should buy to put in it. As it is my first attempt at making my first HTPC, I want to make midrange priced HTPC. I wanting to use the HTPC for a dedicated Home theatre system e.g. TV recording mostly, DVD watching, Music, Pictures and Internet.So for my first set of questions -** What type of Motherboard should I be looking at (It has to fit in the SilverStone LC16M) ?** Should I buy a Motherboard with inbuilt graphics card?** If separate graphics card, how good does it have to be to run everything smoothly?** What sort of CPU should I get? Dual Core or something newer?Thanks in advance for any help.(I have posted this on another forum, but since im going to be using Media Portal, i thought i should post here too.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AussieGuy, post: 105556, member: 29365"] G'day everyone, I’m only new to this sort of stuff but i'm wanting to have a crack at making my own HTPC. I haven’t brought any hardware though, but I have been testing Media Portal for my software. So far so good. Anyways I’m thinking about buying the SilverStone LC16M case, but I don’t know what sort of hardware I should buy to put in it. As it is my first attempt at making my first HTPC, I want to make midrange priced HTPC. I wanting to use the HTPC for a dedicated Home theatre system e.g. TV recording mostly, DVD watching, Music, Pictures and Internet. So for my first set of questions - ** What type of Motherboard should I be looking at (It has to fit in the SilverStone LC16M) ? ** Should I buy a Motherboard with inbuilt graphics card? ** If separate graphics card, how good does it have to be to run everything smoothly? ** What sort of CPU should I get? Dual Core or something newer? Thanks in advance for any help. [I] (I have posted this on another forum, but since im going to be using Media Portal, i thought i should post here too.)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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