Thinking of putting together a new system for the next AH2 release; here's what I came up with. I've built my own AH systems before but am I in no means an expert, so I'm looking for your advice/tips and anything I've missed. I do enjoy the challenge of building it myself. I'm planning on using WinXP Media Center which was previously installed on one of my sons' computers. I can get all this for under $900:
ANTEC THREE HUNDRED (black) ATX tower case no power supply
OCZ OCZ700SXS stealth xtreme Power Supply
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR Intel p45 chipset ATX form factor 1xPCI-E(x16)/4xpci-e/2xpci/4xddr3 w/sata2 raid,lan(gb),1394,usb 2.0 & audio
CORE 2 DUO E8400 3.0G (1333Mhz)
OCZ 4GB KIT OCZ3P13334GK
EVGA 512-P3-N879-TR geforce 9800 GTX+ 512mb gddr3 pci-e 2.0x16 hdcp ready sli
WD 500gb WD5000AAKS SATA-300 16mb 7200rpm hard drive
SAMSUNG SHS223B/BE Black SATA 22x double layer DVD+-rw drive
MICROSOFT wireless optical desktop 700 keyboard & optical mouse
Thx help
Acer V223wbmd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2500:1