Mid price HTPC build

MysticalRain

After playing around with various off-the-shelf media players with mixed success, I have decided to bite the bullet and build a HTPC. I don't need anything too fancy, just something that will be beefy enough to play full 1080p video off a network, is not too noisy. I have no need for a TV tuner card or Blu-ray disk player. The budget is about 400-500 euro. Any opinions on the build?

Motherboard
ASUS M4A78LT-M, Sockel AM3, mATX


CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Box, Sockel AM3

RAM
Corsair 4GB 1333MHz CL9 DDR3

HD
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

Case
Antec Fusion Remote Black


Power Supply
Seasonic S12II-380 Bronze, 380 Watt

Cooler
Scythe Big Shuriken

Keyboard and Remote
Gyration Media Centre Suite, Keyboard And Remote

The RAM and HD I am recycling from another PC. I know the fusion case comes with a remote, but I am thinking of getting a Gyration Media Keyboard and Remote as well. It looks really awesome from what I've seen of it online.

Mad Benny

Did you build this? How did you get on?

MysticalRain

Done and dusted. I opted for a Fanless PSU in the end:
Seasonic X-Series
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?agid=1626&aid=38977&lb

I wasn't able to get my hands on a Gyration Media Centre Suite, Keyboard/Remote. I have one of those Emprex remotes on order.

Mad Benny

Good stuff. Did you put Windows Media Centre on it? Whhich tuner card did you use?

MysticalRain

I did put Windows Media Center on it. But I ended up ditching it in favour of XBMC as it couldn't play any HD content out of the box.

I didn't bother with a tuner card or a DVD/Blu ray drive as I had no requirement for those.