Howdy all. I have been trying to get together a list of components for a brand new HTPC I want to build. I had a build before hand, but after asking around on a bunch of forums, I got a little confused, and then i got a little worried about the price. This is the new build I'm looking at:
Antec Mini P180 Black Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
AMD Athlon X2 4050e 2.1GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4050DOBOX - Retail
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual
Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB 5400 to 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Right now the total brings me to $529.90 .
I need help picking out tuner cards. I want to be able to watch TV while it records. I looked at just getting two of the same card, but I want to see if you all know a better product. I plan on using WindowsXP, but not MCE. I'll probably use SageTV or BeyondTV, or another third party software.