[satsod80]

looks like a really nice htpc project.

Yeah can't wait to get everything ordered. I hope the TV integration will work smoothly so that I can use one box for everything.

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Looks like a good setup............the mobo is an H77M not B77M and I find the stock Intel cooler that you get with the older Sandybridge cpus to be very quiet so I am guessing that the new Ivy bridge CPU coolers will be equally as good.

David

Thanks for the spot. I'll update that

[Arkitket]

I just wanted to share this:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphic...500_5.html

It looks like the HD 4000 not quite as good as a discrete HD 6570 (which is understandably expected); however, it is on par or better than the HD 6530D that is in the A6-3500

[satsod80]

One further question does anyone know if my sat tuner card will fit ok?

TBS6981 PCI-E DVB S2 HD Dual Tuner Card

Is the difference between PCI-e 3.0 and PCI-e 2.0 anything to worry about?