ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman's Weblog - Building your own Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Home Theater PC System

ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman's Weblog - Building your own Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Home Theater PC System: "Building your own Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Home Theater PC System This person built one from scratch for around $1500. Here's what he did: * AHANIX D6 Media Center Black Enclosure With 350W SATA Power Supply & VFD Display, Model 'X236' * Intel 'BOXD925XCVLK' 925X Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775 CPU * Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540J 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache w/ Hyper Threading Technology * CORSAIR VALUESELECT Kit 240-Pin 1GB(2 x 512MB) DDR2 PC2-4200, Model VS1GBKIT533D2 * SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON X600 XT Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/VIVO, PCI Express, Model '100594L' * ATI HDTV Wonder Remote Control Edition PCI TV Tuner, Model '100-714127' * Sapphire Theatrix Theatre 550Pro PCI TV Tuner Card with Remote Control, Model '100104SR' * Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 6B250S0 * Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 * Remote Control with Receiver for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center * Lite-On 16X, Dual Layer DVD /-RW Drive, Model SOHW-1633S Black This system is totally HD ready, and the person said he taped 11 hours of 1080i SuperBowl content into about 43gigs without a hitch. He's using it as his primary PVR now.