I have been playing around with HTPC configurations at NewEgg.com for over a year. To celebrate selling our house and the 780G chipset, I finally took the plunge. My budget was ~$1,000 for the hardware.
Parts List
SILVERSTONE SST-LC17-B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Pioneer Blu-Ray DVD-ROM and 12X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 1129 NTSC/ATSC/QAM/FM Tuner Card PCI Express X1
Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply
Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve “NINJA MINI” CPU Cooler
eDATA DEC-200B Vista Certified Infrared Remote Control W/ Receiver & Blaster
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English
