Just want to see what is the best route to go to build Media Center PC. As you can see that Media Center (PVR), DVD and Video Conversion is the primary goal and gaming is 2nd or 3rd.
I can buy refurbished Sony Media Center PC Sony VAIO VGC-RC110G PD (Dual-Core) 830 3GHz, 1GB Memory, 250GB SATA, DVD±R/±RW, Radeon X300 128MB, Giga Pocket TV card, WinXP MC for about $900. This does comes with Remote Control and Media Center which can do the PVR using Media Center.
My other option is to build one using following components.
DVD Drive - $40
Antec Performance One P150 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430-Watt ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply - $120
MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - $80
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT - $89
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - $297
Hauppauge which I have - $59
Harddrive 200 Gig - $29
Total = $775 give or take.
Problem with building my own system is that I don't have Media Center, but only Valid License of XP, and will be using free GBPVR (PVR) software.
Please help me determine what is the best route to go.
I can buy refurbished Sony Media Center PC Sony VAIO VGC-RC110G PD (Dual-Core) 830 3GHz, 1GB Memory, 250GB SATA, DVD±R/±RW, Radeon X300 128MB, Giga Pocket TV card, WinXP MC for about $900. This does comes with Remote Control and Media Center which can do the PVR using Media Center.
My other option is to build one using following components.
DVD Drive - $40
Antec Performance One P150 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 430-Watt ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply - $120
MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - $80
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT - $89
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - $297
Hauppauge which I have - $59
Harddrive 200 Gig - $29
Total = $775 give or take.
Problem with building my own system is that I don't have Media Center, but only Valid License of XP, and will be using free GBPVR (PVR) software.
Please help me determine what is the best route to go.