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Being on a budget and sacrificing estheatics over price and function.
Got myself a used Dell GX280 from a recycling company (retrobox.com is a pretty good source for this kinda hardware) It's a mini tower. Being an Optiplex enterprise type box, it's designed to run 24/7 reliably.
CPU: Pentium Dual core P4 2.8Ghz
Memory: 3Gb DDR2-800
HardDrive: 40Gb (OS) + 500GB (media) SATA drives
Optical: LG and Asus DVD RW+- drives
GPU: ATI HD 2600
TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600
Remote: hauppauge 45-button remote
OS: Win XP Pro SP3
MCE : Media Portal 1.02
Before MP I'd run stuff of the desktop using WInTV6 with Titan Remote scheduler and PowerDVD. Now it's integrated into MP and it makes it a lot easier.
Total cost (GX280 came with one DVD, 40GB HD and 2GB) $235
GX280 $90
HVR-1600 $50 after MIR
500GB HD $40 after MIR
1GB memory $10 after MIR
Asus DVD $20
ATI 2600 $25 after MIR
Has been running for a year without any problems
Currently working on a replacement box as I found a really good deal on a CPU/HD/Mobo and upgraded my workstation. Leaving me with enough parts to bullt another budget system based on Win 7
Got myself a used Dell GX280 from a recycling company (retrobox.com is a pretty good source for this kinda hardware) It's a mini tower. Being an Optiplex enterprise type box, it's designed to run 24/7 reliably.
CPU: Pentium Dual core P4 2.8Ghz
Memory: 3Gb DDR2-800
HardDrive: 40Gb (OS) + 500GB (media) SATA drives
Optical: LG and Asus DVD RW+- drives
GPU: ATI HD 2600
TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600
Remote: hauppauge 45-button remote
OS: Win XP Pro SP3
MCE : Media Portal 1.02
Before MP I'd run stuff of the desktop using WInTV6 with Titan Remote scheduler and PowerDVD. Now it's integrated into MP and it makes it a lot easier.
Total cost (GX280 came with one DVD, 40GB HD and 2GB) $235
GX280 $90
HVR-1600 $50 after MIR
500GB HD $40 after MIR
1GB memory $10 after MIR
Asus DVD $20
ATI 2600 $25 after MIR
Has been running for a year without any problems
Currently working on a replacement box as I found a really good deal on a CPU/HD/Mobo and upgraded my workstation. Leaving me with enough parts to bullt another budget system based on Win 7