Budget Media PC Spec

[charltonfan1]

Want to build a quiet, cheap and not dog ugly media PC using mainly 2nd hand bits. Was thinking along the lines of:

• Socket A Shuttle - w/ onboard graphics
• Athlon XP - possibly 2500+ Barton
• 512MB RAM
• Samsung HDD for silence
• XP MCE

Anything else i should consider? or will this run ok?

Thanks

 

[charltonfan1]

Will onboard graphics be able to play visualisations?

 

[charltonfan1]

It'l be output onto either a TV via TV-OUT or S-Video or a small TFT via VGA/DVI

Shuttles arent essential, i would consider a 754 system. I'll have a look for the antec aria