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Cooler Master Elite 330 Chassis, Black - $54.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...14200(ME).aspx

Intel Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E5300 2.6 GHz w/ 2MB Cache - $79.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...23217(ME).aspx

Samsung SH-S223B 22x SpeedPlus™ DVD-Writer - $28.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...25096(ME).aspx

Asus P5QPL-VM EPU - $89.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX25039(ME).aspx

Kingston ValueRAM 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM - $59.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX22157(ME).aspx

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black 7200rpm SATA II w/ 32MB Cache - $64.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...22446(ME).aspx

$379 + GST ($19.00)

Damn, thats more pricey than I figured. So for basically $400 you can have an HDMI/Optical out, HDCP-compliant, 7.1 Optical out, 500 GB full storage, very quiet, and fully maleable software and surfing wise. You can load internet video on the fly, I guess you could throw in

Logitech Wireless Desktop® MK300 -$49.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX25383(ME).aspx

for your own convenience.

As well

LG 8x Blu-Ray Reader / 16x DVD-RW - $154.99

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23672(ME).aspx

can be used in place of the DVD drive if you want Blu-ray action as well.

This is a slightly beefed version of what I'm running, and it's way more convenient because with a good router as well, you can stream video over the network from different computers onto the TV-PC. In that effect, you could opt to run it network only and ask a friend for an old harddrive to run the OS on.

As well, you could just simply collect old parts that work and accomplish this combining them with an HDCP-compliant videocard (like 60 bucks).