Bit of advice for a Media Centre if you will

[bazola]

Evening all,

Been looking at building a Media Centre for my parents. I have never done this before so not really sure if i have chosen the correct components.

Would you be able to take a look at it for me and give me some pointers. I need it to be quiet with good thermal properties, overheating cant be an issue! Im not too sure about the power supply i have put on the quote.

Any advice is appreciated as this is totally new to me, and parts you would change etc.

Spec

Case - Zalman HD160 Home Theatre PC Enclosure - Silver
Power Supply - Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel with Blue LED Fan
Motherboard - Gigabyte 965P DS3
Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6400 2.13GHz Retail
Ram - 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C5 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Graphics Card - Sapphire X1600 Pro HDMI/SPDIF 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO HDTV/HDCP/DVI (PCI-Express)
Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM
TV Card - Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000 Freeview/Digital Satellite TV Tuner
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200)
HDMI Cable - Linx 1.2m Luxury Gold Plated HDMI Cable
Speakers - Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail

Thanks and best regards for 2007

Bazola

 

[bazola]

Hi,

I would like to be able to record and watch telly at the same time. It would be good if i could record two and watch one.

Does the TV card i have chosen allow me to do that or do i need another card too?

wasnt too sure about the motherboard Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX that was suggested by a fellow overclocker regarding the hdmi connector. I couldnt see that listed but probably me being dumb

thanks