HTPC Order about to be placed, Confirm if its a go'er !

[Conanius]

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB)
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
GFX -Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express)
DVD Drives - Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) x2
Boot Drive + MP3's - Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
PSU - Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply
Case -Lian Li PC-A05B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black
Fans - Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan -3 Pin x2
Cables - Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Orange Data Cable x4
TV - LG 42PC55 42" HD Freeview Plasma TV

I've then got an XFi Extreme music for sound, and a HVR Hauppage card for the video in....

what do people think? should be good enough for Vista Media Centre yeah?

 

[Conanius]

I would consider the HD 2600 Pro since, IIRC, it has hardware for decoding H.264 which might be a boon to HTPC performance.

The SATA cables are unnecessary; the mobo comes with enough of them.

IMO those fans are a bit pants. Sure, they're quiet, but that's becasue they don't flow any air whatsoever.

I was under the impression the 2400 did this also? could you link to one that you think would be suitable please?