Building HTPC. Advice

[nightrhyme]

As topic says. Looking to build it as cheap as possible

Be warned I'm a little religious about some brands
Building it to handle 1080p mkv files.

Only need: Mobo, ram, cpu and gfx

Mobo: ASUS P5KPL-CM cheapest intel chipset based mobo I could find. It has to be intel chipset
CPU: E7400 cheapest cpu that is fast enough
GFX: ATI HD4350. It has to be ATI passive cooled
Memory: 2 x 1GB Kingston hyperX ddr2, pc800

Any thoughts ?

Thanx in advance

Greetings from NR

 

[nightrhyme]

Hmm thanx for advice guys..

Will be runing WinXP of course. Does any other OS'es exist ?


Not quite sure a 4400+ will do 1080p mkv´s. But then again I don't know much about AMD cpu's anymore. I thought a phenom would at least be required.

I know for sure it takes at least a E4500 to decode smoothly