# Video type: SDTV
# Type of system: combined front- and back-end
# Noise level: In between "I can tell it's on until I play some media" & "I had to put it in my closet because it was too loud"
# CASE: Linkworld 6280-01 Black body/ Silver strip Steel MicroATX Mini tower/ Desktop Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail - 34.99 (
www.newegg.com)
# PSU: Stock 400W
# MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M2NPV-VM AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - (
www.mwave.com)
# CPU: Sempron 64 3400+ Manila - 39.99 (
www.newegg.com)
# RAM: G.SKILL 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-512NQ - Retail - 29.99 (
www.newegg.com)
# CPU HEATSINK: stock (with cpu)
# NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK: stock (with motherboard)
# CD/DVD-RW: Pioneer DVD±R DVD Burner Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model DVR-111D - OEM - 29.99 (purchased from newegg long ago)
# HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - 74.50 (
www.pricegrabber.com)
# GRAPHICS CARD: on motherboard, using S-Video Output
# SOUNDCARD: on motherboard
# TUNER CARD: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE White box PCI Interface Personal Video Recorder - Retail - 125.00 (
www.mwave.com)
# REMOTE CONTROL: Streamzap PC Remote Control - 29.99 (
www.amazon.com)
Total cost: $475.83 shipped
Using the proper Ultra DMA cable for the DVD drive, everything worked right away. I think that I was even able to use the streamzap during part of the setup. I'm happy so far except for the volume. I belive the main source of sound is coming from the 2 60 mm case fans, so I will hopefully replace them soon.
I had actually purchased a DVR-112D from newegg, but I swapped it with the DVR-111D I had in my desktop because I had problems reading from it. Turns out I was using the wrong cable. The one marked "CD-ROM cable" is the wrong cable to use. You want to use the "HDD Cable". Hopefully this is useful
BTW: I plan on writing my step-by-step "tutorial" with hardware photos soon, so if you have further questions, look for it