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Hi, gonna be building my first media pc so for i've got it down to...
Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
AMD Opteron UP 144 San Diego 1.8GHz 1MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS2.5 Kit (2x512MB)
XFX GeForce 7300 GS 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM
Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500 Media Centre Edition Dual TV Tuner
Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM
And a Micro ATX case i have
is there any better options? and i have a few questions..
1. Do i need a Graphic Card? (not going to be playing games on it)
2. I want to get free View tv aswell as hooking up my sky dish will this tv tuner do this?? (e.g. watch sky one off the dish and record E4 off free view?)
3. Will the MCE keyboard work ok with the IR reciever that comes with the TV tuner??
Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
AMD Opteron UP 144 San Diego 1.8GHz 1MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS2.5 Kit (2x512MB)
XFX GeForce 7300 GS 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM
Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500 Media Centre Edition Dual TV Tuner
Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM
And a Micro ATX case i have
is there any better options? and i have a few questions..
1. Do i need a Graphic Card? (not going to be playing games on it)
2. I want to get free View tv aswell as hooking up my sky dish will this tv tuner do this?? (e.g. watch sky one off the dish and record E4 off free view?)
3. Will the MCE keyboard work ok with the IR reciever that comes with the TV tuner??