Shuttles

[judder]

Hi. I like the look of these Shuttles (style more important than performance I'm afraid). My brother has had one for about 18 months and has had no end of trouble with it and I wonder if it is trying to run too much stuff for its PSU or cooling ability.

Anyway, I waffle, what can they cope with? I want to build my own Shuttle, but I'm a complete novice. I'm thinking along the lines of:
an AMD dual core (>2GHz) retail,
2Gb RAM,
>300Gb HDD,
TV card,
fastest DVD dual +/- writer available,
USB Wi-Fi,
Windows XP,
No additional graphics card (initially) as I don't play computer games.

It will be used mostly for video and music editing, some general office work and a bit of TV/DVD viewing.

Q1) Would the Shuttle cope or just shut itself down?
Q2) Does my spec look reasonable (I'm open to being shot down and have new suggestions made)

Thnaks very much.

 

[judder]

Thanks for the reply. I'm about to embarrass myself through my own ignorance, but what is a HTPC?

I'll probably do a bit of PVRing, but mostly home movies and mixing.

Cheers.

 

[judder]

Thanks for the confirmation. As for my brother, the whole system collapsed and he lost everything from his HD when it was about six months old. The supplier installed a new HD after which all was well for about 6 months then it just shut itself down after about 2 hours work. This time period has become shorter and shorter so that now you can just about get XP loaded before it dies. It has been 'repaired' again but still has the same trouble. Any thoughts?

 

[judder]

Thanks guys. I didn't realise about the lack of onboard graphics. I'll keep my eyes open for that. Is there a similar thing with onboard sound or is that all integrated?