making HTPC out of old parts

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*EDIT* I should have put this in General Hardware, could a mod please move it?

I am thinking of swapping my current HP Microserver that I use just for xbmc for something else so I can have more drives. I was thinking about using some old parts but not sure if they would be powerful enough to run 1080p/5.1 surround .mkv files on XBMC, I am sure these would be more then powerful enough but just want to check.

Parts (was originally a ocuk system I bought in 2007):

Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboard
Intel E6600
8800GTS 512mb
4GB of RAM can't remember speed
Creative Soundblaster fatality platinum

Would also need a cheap htpc looking case that would hold at least 6x 3.5 drives plus a optical drive and a cheap but safe PSU, any ideas?
 
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I just have a panasonic surround sound that has optical, phono inputs and outputs. I have a 6450 in my microserver at the moment I can just use that again then.
 
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