HTPC on a budget!

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Hi lads,

Am building a cheap HTPC, require the following things with roughly a £200 budget, It will be mainly used to record and view freeview, as opposed to viewing HD material etc, but the power to do that occasionally would be nice. I would prefer an Intel chip,
and both my hard disks are 7200 rpm ide, is there any benefit in upgrading them to serial ATA? Is there a motherboard which still supports ide?

2gb ram
processor/heatsink
Mobo
case

Have got already -
2x ide hard drives
atx psu
dvd drive
pci-express 7300gt graphics (passive cooled)
win tv twin tuner card

Thanks for your help.

 

[semi-pro waster]

There aren't too many motherboards supporting 2x IDE any more, the Asus P5N-E 650 SLi does though so it would appear to fit. Other than that this should meet your requirements although it is around £30 over and the case is currently out of stock.


Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £186.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £34.28
Total : £230.19