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[QUOTE=&quot;scajjr2, post: 88177, member: 8847&quot;]What parts, if any, would you be reusing from the Dell? HD, vid card, tuner, memory?&nbsp; Motherboards with plenty of features can be had for $50 or less and decent HTPC cases the same (or a LOT more if you want to).I built this one almost 2 years ago:Living Room HTPC-Biostar MCP6PB-M2+ motherboardAMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor@2.8Ghz4Gb DDR2-800Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1Gb PCIeWD 640Gb SATA2 HDDLiteOn 22X SATA DVDrwAllied 500W PSUAntec Fusion Remote caseSamsung PN42C450 42&quot; plasma Windows 7 Ultimate x86I had the memory, HD, DVD-RW and power supply. Got the mobo/cpu as a combo deal from newegg for $50, got the 6850 on sale when it first came out and the Antec case (though expensive $169 when I bought it) looks like a piece of high end audio equipment. Our bedroom has a Foxconn R30-D4 mini I got for for $120 w/4Gb of ram as a newegg combo special.You can also browse Craigs List for a slightly older system you can update. I've done this with a few I've picked up to build systems for my grandson's over the past year. Sam[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="scajjr2, post: 88177, member: 8847"]What parts, if any, would you be reusing from the Dell? HD, vid card, tuner, memory? Motherboards with plenty of features can be had for $50 or less and decent HTPC cases the same (or a LOT more if you want to). I built this one almost 2 years ago: Living Room HTPC- Biostar MCP6PB-M2+ motherboard AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor@2.8Ghz 4Gb DDR2-800 Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1Gb PCIe WD 640Gb SATA2 HDD LiteOn 22X SATA DVDrw Allied 500W PSU Antec Fusion Remote case Samsung PN42C450 42" plasma Windows 7 Ultimate x86 I had the memory, HD, DVD-RW and power supply. Got the mobo/cpu as a combo deal from newegg for $50, got the 6850 on sale when it first came out and the Antec case (though expensive $169 when I bought it) looks like a piece of high end audio equipment. Our bedroom has a Foxconn R30-D4 mini I got for for $120 w/4Gb of ram as a newegg combo special. You can also browse Craigs List for a slightly older system you can update. I've done this with a few I've picked up to build systems for my grandson's over the past year. Sam[/QUOTE]

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