Well as I have started working again (4 weeks & paychecks in, not one for the right amount lol) I have decided to work on a SFF PC which will record tv and be a good playback for my uni place
Specs:
Opteron 144
1GBÂ DDRÂ Ram
200gb IDE Seagate HDD (all 3 of those were free,  swapped for a P5B Deluxe wi-fi/ap)
Asus A8V-Something motherboard
2 TV cards (one analogue, one digital/analogue) (free as I have the stuff already)
XFX 8400gs (useful for a HTPC as it has HDCP and component out etc)
Hand built case (to do, need a donor case and a donor PSU for it)
Case is planned to be based around a PS3/360 elite in appearance, with a card reader and side loading dvd-rw drive
Running OpenSUSE I plan to use Myth and have a nice wireless keyboard/joystick/mouse combo
Work is scheduled to start as soon as I get the rest of the stuff  (well pick up a donor case and some fibreglass stuff to hand make the case (except the mobo tray/mounts/’top’ of the case (going to mod that with some plexi)
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