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<blockquote data-quote="goulin" data-source="post: 274798" data-attributes="member: 77069">Hi,I've been meaning to build a HTPC for a long time, but moving into a new house with a new HD TV and 5.1 channel HT system has really given me an incentive to finally get off my butt and build a HTPC.&nbsp; The following hardware was what I was thinking of getting - I was wondering what people thought... any advice?Case - Antec NSK2480bMotherboard - Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2LProcessor - Intel E8200 6MB L2 2.66 GHz 1333 MHz Hard Disk - Samsung SATA2 500G (for media), left over IDE hard disk for WindowsRAM: 2GB-800 Video - Gigabyte 512M 8500GT PCIeDVD - left over from other PCsTV Tuner - Leadtek DTV2000H PCI (how do you know what chipset it is using to confirm that it is supported by MediaPortal?) - need 1 analog tuner for cable TV (in Australia) and at least 1 digital tuner (one should be enough, but two is better than one right?)I have heard that the 8500GT cards can be large in size, and encroch over other PCIe/PCI slots on the motherboard.&nbsp; Anyone else able to provide feedback?Also, given my requirements, do you think it would be better to buy a seperate analog and digital TV tuner cards?The main requirements for the system is to:1) Record TV from cable (analog) and TV (digital)2) Play HD content from DVDs/BD from my BD drive (I will purchase when I eventually get some BlueRay disks)3) Do all this above well and quietlyAny help would be greatly appreciated!Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="goulin, post: 274798, member: 77069"] Hi, I've been meaning to build a HTPC for a long time, but moving into a new house with a new HD TV and 5.1 channel HT system has really given me an incentive to finally get off my butt and build a HTPC. The following hardware was what I was thinking of getting - I was wondering what people thought... any advice? Case - Antec NSK2480b Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L Processor - Intel E8200 6MB L2 2.66 GHz 1333 MHz Hard Disk - Samsung SATA2 500G (for media), left over IDE hard disk for Windows RAM: 2GB-800 Video - Gigabyte 512M 8500GT PCIe DVD - left over from other PCs TV Tuner - Leadtek DTV2000H PCI (how do you know what chipset it is using to confirm that it is supported by MediaPortal?) - need 1 analog tuner for cable TV (in Australia) and at least 1 digital tuner (one should be enough, but two is better than one right?) I have heard that the 8500GT cards can be large in size, and encroch over other PCIe/PCI slots on the motherboard. Anyone else able to provide feedback? Also, given my requirements, do you think it would be better to buy a seperate analog and digital TV tuner cards? The main requirements for the system is to: 1) Record TV from cable (analog) and TV (digital) 2) Play HD content from DVDs/BD from my BD drive (I will purchase when I eventually get some BlueRay disks) 3) Do all this above well and quietly Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks [/QUOTE]

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