Wouldnt mind some help on an HTPC spec

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Hi all

As the title says. I need it to do the following, Mulimedia Centre, DVD's, Stored Movies, Hi Def Movies, Music, No Gaming. I will eventually stick a Blue Ray Player in but not yet.

So will some of the all in one boards be good enough for this or will i need a good graphics card, i heard to do Hi def (1080i) i will need a good core 2 because this will handle the 1080i side of things because i will be using onboard graphics (Would AMD do to keep in budget?). This is where i am stuck as i am not to sure. I will also want to hook up my cable box, so i will need a TV card to to use as PVR, again not sure on this to.

Case has to be a nice one, look good under 42" plasma also. Possibly be using Vista 64 (allready Have) or i may use linux.

Thanks in advance.

Oh and budget is £350 ish :)
 
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Asus P5E-VM HDMI
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
Crucial Ballistix 2GB
Zalman ZM500-HP Heatpipe Cooled 500W Modular PSU
Misc SATA DVD drive

I got the same basic setup in my media pc and it works well, Thats around £350 as for a case the Zalman ones are expencive but well worth it.
 
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