Media PC Spec

[Gopher_By_Fende]

Hi guys,

any comments or suggestions on the below spec for my new media PC?

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£74.95 £74.95
Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£53.95 £53.95
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
£19.95 £19.95
Antec Overture II Piano Black Quiet Media case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-038-AN)
£66.95 £66.95
Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition - Retail (KB-053-MS)
£54.95 £54.95
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500 Media Centre Edition Dual TV Tuner (GX-028-HA)
£94.95 £94.95
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Remote Controller (SW-009-MS)
£18.95 £18.95
Subtotal £544.50
VAT £95.29
Total £639.79

and a 32" LG RZ32LZ55 LCD HD TV for £809

Total £1448.89

 

[Gopher_By_Fende]

yeah, i did think about getting another drive, and i may still, depending on money. as for the motherboard, ill have a look at the asus thanks for the tip. and the last note about the analog tuners, i cant receive freeview in this area anyway, for the minute ill use it to run sky through the RF ( i have found out you can run sky though a DVB-S card but you need a card reader as well as a programmer and you have to do some hacking, all way too mcuh for me atm) and ill probably geta dual LNB and another sky box to run freesat through the other input, not the greatest setup i know, wont be able to use any kind of epg, but it will mean i can record off one and view the other at the same time.

if anyone knows a better way of running sky though the pc, please let me know coz im quite new to this.

thanks

 

[Gopher_By_Fende]

to be honest im not to worried about being able to watch HDTV at the mo, i just wanted to make sure that in 12 months down the line, if and when HD is more common place, i dont have to go get a new tv. i can always upgrade the graphics when i want to, although i will look at the msi board mentioned.