Need help building media center pc

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Want to build a new media center pc so I can watch movies on my new 37" tv
Only other thing ill use it for is downloading :)

what suggestions, budget of £300-400

cheers
 
HD stuff and silent i guess?
check back in a few mins for my attempt of a spec

dont really spec media pcs that often, but here is one anyway. not sure how silent it all is

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £40.99
(£48.16) £40.99
(£48.16)
Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Asus ATI Radeon EAH2600 Pro HTDP Silent 256MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
OcUK Value IG31A-CFS Intel G31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Akasa AK FC-06SL Fan Controller Junior - Silver £7.99
(£9.39) £7.99
(£9.39)
Antec NSK 4480 Mini Tower Case (Silver) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Sub Total : £288.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £52.48
Total : £352.34
 
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2GB RAM, 2ghz dual core, onboard video to 2600 Pro, passive mobo, video and ideally CPU HSF, Microsoft IR remote/receiver. 400W PSU.
 
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