OK - Have read lots of advice - most does not make sense. My HTPC build, which will allow simple gaming and if I want more - then I will add a graphics card, is listed below: ASUS PCE-N13 WLAN PCI-Express Low Profile $40.00 Internet Price: $40.00 Hauppauge HVR-2200 Hybrid Dual Tuner Card Internet Price: $177.00 $177.00 Intel Core i5 2500k Processor LGA1155 3.3GHz CPU Internet Price: 299 $299.00 Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H Intel H67 Chipset Socket 1155 Internet Price: $174.00 $174.00 Lian Li PC-C34FB Black Aluminum HTPC Case Internet Price: $331.00 $331.00 Corsair HX-650 ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan Internet Price: $139.00 $139.00 Samsung SH-B123A 12x Blu-ray/DVD Combo Drive Internet Price: $90.00 $90.00 GSkill 8G(2x4G) DDR3 1333 PC10600 (F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT) Internet Price: $85.00 $85.00 Noctua NH-C12P SE14 CPU Cooler Internet Price: $94.00 $89.00 OCZ 120G Vertex II E Series SSD Internet Price: $265.00 $265.00 Seagate SATAIII 2TB Barracuda 64mb Cache Internet Price: $113.00 x 2 = $226 $226.00 Microsoft ARC keyboard Black Internet Price: $44.00 $44.00 Microsoft ARC Mouse Black Internet Price: $40.00 $40.00 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM(Microsoft OEM Terms&condition apply) Internet Price: $103.00 $103.00 Total $2102.00 To this add A ms Mobile 4000 mouse + $33 (Australian Dollars - bit more than yankee Dollars)
If you're in Oz have a look at this quad digital tuner card from DigitalNow. It's $199 so should be worth the extra $22 if your signal is good enough. For a HTPC that's a lot to spend and probably far more powerful than you'd need for a pure HTPC - you could easily cut back on the SSD, RAM, CPU & even the PSU. It only makes sense if you definitely want to add a discrete GPU later on - otherwise I'd save the cash.
