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BAlexN

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I am building a Media Center, and need some feedback on this tentative configuration feed back is welcome considering Price, heat and preformance are important.

  • MotherBoard-ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $229.99
    Processor-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail - $317.99
    Desktop Memory-CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2 - Retail - $209.99
    Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail - $121.99
    Video Card-MSI NX7600GT-VT2D256EHD Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $174.99
    TV Tuner-Hauppauge WinTV-PVR250MCE PCI Interface Video Recorder, TV/FM Tuner Card - Retail - $134.99
    Hard Drive-Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $179.99
    Optical Drive-PLEXTOR Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model PX-716AL/SW - Retail - $146.99
    Operating System-Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM - $109.99

Grand Total - $1,632.90
 
Awesome thanks for the speedy reply. Those prices are all from New Egg is there any better or alt place to check ? I tried ZipZoomFly.com but their prices seemed higher and stock much less.
 
Why the expensive DVD Burner? For that money, you could add an extra 250GB hard drive.
 
Yea i since went with a much cheaper drive, that one was recomeneded in Maximum PC, this is the one i went with rather cheap- ASUS Silver 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI Combo Drive - $28.49


Case-Sky Hawk/Eagle Tech CA-EC1-S Silver Aluminum ATX Media Center Computer Case 450W Power Supply - Retail - $149.99
 
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