After much deliberation, I plucked the courage to post my HTPC planned build for any thoughts and comments.
This will be a purely HTPC, not gaming or serving files/media.
Mobo: Asus E35M1-M Pro
RAM: 4Gig Kingston generic (1x 4gig stick)
HDD1(OS): OCZ Solid 3 (going SDD for quiet / power consumption advantages as opposed to speed)
HDD2(recordings): WD scorpio blue 320gig
Hauppauge HVR2200
Win 7 Pro 64 bit
Optical: Whatever generic Blu Ray drive is on offer at the shop I go for ie: LG, Samsung etc at ~$70
Power supply: Pico PSU 150XT
All in a Silverstone ML03 Case.
I understand the 150W power supply is massive overkill but I can't find any smaller pico psu's that have 24pin connector plus the p4 connector.
I originally planned on having just the SSD but I believe I'll only be left with 30gig for TV recordings - Plenty for 99% of the time as they will be moved across to a WHS automatically, but I would prefer just a little bit more. I guess I could drop the scorpio and use that coin towards a bigger SSD. It would still be dearer to purchase but it would be 1 less HDD to power. It's also 1 less thing making noise
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Anyway, it'd be great to hear any thoughts - Cheers!