HTPC Rebuild = Recommended Bundle?

[demoneye]

Hi,

My poor old HTPC is on it's last legs, so I'm looking to replace the MB/CPU/Memory with a suitable bundle.

The machine has a HD2600 Pro GPU, 650W PSU and 4 HD (1 IDE and 3 SATA) and a IDE DVD. Sound is currently being delivered to my 5.1 AMP via a coaxial SPDIF output from the MB inbuilt soundcard.

I'm looking for a recommendation for a minimum spec for a MB/CPU/Memory bundle that will allow me to continue playing at 1080p and ideally the MB should have an onboard 5.1 soundcard with coaxial SPDIF output.

Any ideas, anyone?

 

[infernox]

any budget at all ?

edit: been looking around and i can only find newer boards with optical spdif not coaxial so you might have to change the way you use it .. maybe sound over hdmi ? is that an option ?

 

[demoneye]

No real budget limitation, but as it's only a HTPC I don't want to throws wads at it. BIOS is failing on the old MB and the hassle of sourcing and installing a new chip is just not worth it on an old MB.

Audio over HDMI would be fine - it's going into a Sony Bravia amp, and that has HDMI passthrough, I'm just not using at the moment. (Sky is Toslink, PS3 is Toslink, Wii is audio phonos and HTPC was coaxial SPDIF)