Small, quiet media centre PC

DBSE_Snake_XE

DBSE_Snake_XE

DBSE_Snake_XE

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Hi there,

I've been out of the builds market for a while now (last system I really built was about a year ago), and I was wondering if someone could give me some build advice.

My father recently purchased a Sony Bravia TV and has asked me to set up a small media centre PC, preferably ATX cube size, to sit below it and store all of his music and video files. He was not planning to rip and store DVDs on the unit, but he may wish to keep the occational video file on there.

He has specified that it be fast (but he's not looking for top-end 3D performance), of a small form-factor, store at least 500GB of data, and be as quiet as possible. No budget was specified, but I assume that he's thinking £500-£600.

Thanks. :)
 
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Antec Fusion HTPC Case - 430HE Watt PSU
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OcUK GeForce 7300 GT SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Total : £413.47

Not sure on the case, but this would sit nicely with most tv systems, and its a fast little thing, wont be any good for gaming, but as you said you dont need that, so the above should suite quite well...
 
Thanks for the replies, guys; both specs are very much appreciated. :)

I think I know where to go from here (my father was particularly impressed by that HTPC case!), but if anybody else wants to throw more suggestions out there, feel free.
 
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