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<blockquote data-quote="jb2uk" data-source="post: 40207" data-attributes="member: 18654">hi, i've been using media portal a fair while now and i've been reading the posts in the forum a few months aswell, but only in the last few days have i started posting. but anyway to the point.my htpc isn't really a htpc its a pc with a tvcard at the moment and i'd like to change that, my main drawbacks are 1)money 2)the case 3)my mobo is an atx boardi built the pc initially for video processing so the specs are not too badGigabyte GA-8IPE775 MoboIntel P4 3.0gHz fsb800 + HT1gb DDR400 Ram (2x 512mb Dual Channel)nVidia Fx5200 128mb300gb S-ATA (DVD iso's)80gb IDE (Partitioned 20gb Sytem drive 60gb Photos And Music etc)Hauppage Nova-T pci4x DVD writer etc etcso i guess what i'm asking is, is there anything that isn't upto the job (component wise), and would you recommend getting a micro-atx board as i looked at buying an antec overture II case but when i looked at the size of it it was huge! i even made a 2d paper model of it to see if it would fit where i wanted it but it wouldn't. i've looked at a replacement board and i don't really want to spend loads on one because i spent a lot on my current one i found this <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&amp;product_uid=100835" target="_blank">http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&amp;product_uid=100835</a> it seems to be quite a good spec unless theres something i'm missing, and can you also recommend a suitable but inexpensive case to accompany it?thanks in advance Elliot</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jb2uk, post: 40207, member: 18654"] hi, i've been using media portal a fair while now and i've been reading the posts in the forum a few months aswell, but only in the last few days have i started posting. but anyway to the point. my htpc isn't really a htpc its a pc with a tvcard at the moment and i'd like to change that, my main drawbacks are 1)money 2)the case 3)my mobo is an atx board i built the pc initially for video processing so the specs are not too bad Gigabyte GA-8IPE775 Mobo Intel P4 3.0gHz fsb800 + HT 1gb DDR400 Ram (2x 512mb Dual Channel) nVidia Fx5200 128mb 300gb S-ATA (DVD iso's) 80gb IDE (Partitioned 20gb Sytem drive 60gb Photos And Music etc) Hauppage Nova-T pci 4x DVD writer etc etc so i guess what i'm asking is, is there anything that isn't upto the job (component wise), and would you recommend getting a micro-atx board as i looked at buying an antec overture II case but when i looked at the size of it it was huge! i even made a 2d paper model of it to see if it would fit where i wanted it but it wouldn't. i've looked at a replacement board and i don't really want to spend loads on one because i spent a lot on my current one i found this [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=100835[/url] it seems to be quite a good spec unless theres something i'm missing, and can you also recommend a suitable but inexpensive case to accompany it? thanks in advance Elliot [/QUOTE]

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