media pc

[psalliss]

hi im a bit out of touch with the current hardware. im basically wanting to build a media pc for the lounge mainly to be used for playing dvds and music, but will also be used for the occasional games and surfing. ive currently got a denon 3910 dvd player and am debating selling it and using the media pc to play all dvds. intend to store all my dvds on the hard drive. so am wanting a setup where the dvd playback quality is similar if not better than my denon.
dont need a monitor.

not sure on price but as cheap as possible to do what i want really, all suggestions welcome.

 

[psalliss]

hows this any better, what about the cpu and motherboard any better suggestions? possibly one with oneboard graphics that i could use for now then add better card later if i feel i need it.

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Zalman HD160 Home Theatre PC Enclosure - Silver(£185.64)
Zalman ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled 600W Modular PSU(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail(£176.24)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard(£82.24)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000340AS)(£455.88)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838)(£115.14)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)(£51.69)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB8500C5DC)(£99.86)
Samsung SH-S203NRSMN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black,Silver,Beige) - Retail(£22.31)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (640-P2-E825-AR)(£264.36)
Total : £1,550.81

 

[psalliss]

nikebee- i know i think i got carried away, dont really think i realise that you can get top performance for a lot less know.
dont actually require tc card as not going to play tv through it as ive got sky hd.

will the cpu you suggested run vista 64bit then???
storage is the key part in some ways as my plan is too put all my dvds onto the hard drives to play through media centre and can then tody a lot of my dvds away.

 

[psalliss]

have took onboard a lot of what people where saying and am now possib
ly looking this direction. can always add a dedicated card later if required and will add a nas my book when cash allows for the storage. what do you guys think?

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (£173.89)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838)(£115.14)
Samsung SH-S203NRSMN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe (£22.31)
Shuttle XPC SG33G6 Deluxe Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (£284.34)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (£99.86)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS(£70.49)
Total : £776.55

 

[psalliss]

anyone please