How about these for a silent media machine?

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Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI AMD 780G - £62.26
X2 3600+ - £24.66
OCZ 2x1Gb - £24.66

Purely for HD TV + internet, have a 'proper' machine for everything else.

Also need:
PSU - needs to be inaudible in the same room as it'll be 'always on'.
TV card - not interested in recording TV, just watching.
CPU Cooler - Again, passive would be ideal, if not properly silent?

As you can tell I'm trying to do it as cheaply as possible, so please say no to watercooled Zalman psu's at £420+vat ;)

Given the price, I'm also tempted by the LG Combo Blu Ray / HD DVD

Will be running Vista - probably 32bit unless you can convince me otherwise (always want more RAM, but don't think it's needed?)
 
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The case is a Full Tower, so space is no object.
The padding is 6mm neoprene, so pretty good, but would rather not have any moving parts if I can avoid it.
TV card is for Cable - will probably go HD soon.
 
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