£700-900 for a HTPC

hamehax

hamehax

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Hi guys!
Looking to build a HTPC for HD/Blu-ray playback and possibly some very light gaming. As the title suggests £700-900 is ma budget and there a couple of must haves:
Decent sound card
Not an Atom/Ion combo pleeeeeeeease
Probably not 750Gb of storage
Blu-ray drive (not a writer)
Small and quiet (Yes I know that's a given)
And finally an SSD boot drive would be a nice touch

So if anyone could spec me a system that would be much appreciated. :cool:
 
Ok then I'll Explain further the circumstances! I'm having a room in my house done up as a Home Cinema. This is gonna have a couple of grands worth of speakers a 1080p or higher res projector and will generally just be awesome! The case I wanted to base this on was an Antec fusion or micro fusion. Ive been assigned 700 by my dad and whilst Im aware the that the Atom is capable I want this to be truly special if thats any help. Thanks fo rthe previous replies!
EDIT: Just for reference gonna need outputs HDMI for the projecter and the full shabam for the Audio
 
The reason for the TV card is that this will be hooked up to the projector and form the basis of everything entertainment. (Consoles will be hooked up as well)
EDIT: I have a copy of windows lying around so that is not a problem
 
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Given one PCI Audio must take priority. A grand or so of Speakers isn't realy worth it for a Realtek audio codec. I like the Fusion/Micro Fusions because of the flexability of a "Proper" Mobo. I like mini ITX but I dont think it makes the cut.
 
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