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    I wish I’d found this website about a week ago.  I’ve been thinking of doing an HTPC for a while, but hadn’t found too many resources for building one until the last couple weeks.  Then with the July 4th sales Newegg ran I figured enough out to where I thought I could do something decent and got some pretty good deals between combos and promo codes.  If I’d found this website earlier I would’ve had a much better idea of what I was doing, but I think I’ll work.

    Here’s what I have so far:

    Case: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112147]Lian Li PC-C32B[/url] (I wanted to go ATX for more room inside, and ultimately I’d like to do something rackmountable, which this can do)
    PSU: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088]SeaSonic X650 Gold[/url] (I went with this after seeing it’s favorable reputation on Silent PC Review)
    MB: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621]ASUS P7P55D-E[/url] (Combo deal with the processor, and seemed like it had better features than the Intel offering)
    CPU: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215]Intel Core i5-750[/url] (Should be plenty of power and seemed like a good ratio of wattage/performance from a review I saw on Silent PC Review)
    Gfx: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500138]ZOTAC ZT-20404-20L GeForce GT 240[/url] (saw this recommended in Tom’s Guide forums and was attracted to it being fanless… I really want this computer as quiet as possible)
    Ram: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260]8GB Corsair DDR3 1300[/url] (Amusingly, it was cheaper to buy 2 4GB packs than 1 8GB pack, and the shipping was free on the 4GB packs but not on the 8)
    HDD: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337]Seagate 1.5TB 7200RPM[/url] (Saw a drive with those specs show up as being quiet but fast in a chart on Tom’s Guide; I’m really hoping this is the same one and that the Seagate knock is a distant memory… The last computer I built 8 years ago had a Seagate hard drive and never had any problems)
    I/O: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181]LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner – LightScribe Support[/url] (I like having the option to burn Blu-Ray and hope I can use it to make a backup of every episode of Conan O’Brien’s new show)
    I/O: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223109]Rosewill RCR-IC002 74-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5″ Internal Card Reader[/url] (Figured I should have a card reader and it was on special)
    Wifi: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320036]ASUS PCI-G31 IEEE 802.11b/g[/url] (No ethernet where I’m currently going to use the computer.  Really hoping the card and the mobo being from the same company means there won’t be issues)
    OS: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754]Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit[/url]

    I’m still planning to buy:

    Keyboard/Remote: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823202004]nMEDIAPC HTPCKB-B Black[/url] (Having a trackball on the keyboard seems like a big plus, and needing 1 dongle to work both also seems like a good plan.  I just wish the remote also did IR so I could use it to turn the TV on and off.  Side note: the manufacturer’s website led me here)
    Tuner: [url=http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php]Ceton InfiniTV 4[/url] (waiting to buy until the shipments start coming regularly)
    Thinking of getting a couple more case fans for airflow.  The case can put a 140mm fan in the top and an 80mm in the back.

    Does it look like I’m missing anything?  It’s been 8 years since I built a computer so I’m feeling a little rusty about all this.  I probably won’t actually be able to assemble this until August, but it’d be nice to get it going sooner so I could hook it up to the TV and watch the Tri-Nations rugby tournament on the big screen.  I want to have the tuner in and ready to go before Conan O’Brien’s new show on TBS.  I watched The Tonight Show on Hulu mostly but sometimes would miss a few episodes before they expired.  In my minor obsession I want to try to make sure I don’t miss any episodes and ideally would be making a backup DVD or Blu-Ray.  I don’t even know yet if TBS will make the episodes available for streaming online, although I think they’d be stupid not to (but that’s another issue entirely).

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