Gigabyte

I was very happy with the way this case turned out and fit in with my entertainment system. The AMD CPU runs VERY cool on the stock heatsink/fan combo (mid teens C idle, low 30's C heavy load) and is plenty fast for now so I'll keep it stock. The ATI Radeon HD 3200 video helps a lot with H264 hardware acceleration to handle those 1080p videos.

 

Antec Veris Fusion Black 430 Micro ATX Media Center Case

- Built in IR receiver, LCD display and volume knob

- 430W power supply

- Side mounted exhaust fans

- Front panel inputs and optical drive access

 

AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.7Ghz CPU

- Dual-core, 65W, 65nm

- 512KBx2 L2 cache

 

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Micro ATX Motherboard

- ATI Radeon HD 3200 (H264 hardware support)

- VGA and digital DVI, HDMI with HDCP

- Realtek 889A 7.1 analog or optical SPDIF audio output (8ch)

- Realtek 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet

- Tons of USB, firewire, eSATA

 

Mushkin 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 SDRAM

- DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

- Cas 5, 5-4-4-12, 1.8Volt

 

Seagate Baracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB Hard Drive

- 7200rpm, 32MB cache

- SATA 3.0Gbps, 4.16ms average latency

 

Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard

- Charging base and built in rechargeable li/ion battery

- Built in mouse "disc"

- Touch sensitive volume control slider (think Star Trek TNG transporter!)

- Media controls

Done