Building A $1000 AMD64 HTPC

Many people report success with the 9600XT with VMR9, heck I have it working on my test bench, but just to give me that warm fuzzy feeling I would probably go ahead and get the 9800 Pro. The 80 GB HD should hold up fine as it will still give you 30 plus hours of recording time. The Soltek offers great bang for your buck in the motherboard department, it offers all of the good that comes with the NF3 250GB chipset, this includes the NV Firewall, Gigabit Ethernet, and integrated SATA.

Building an AMD64 HTPC for around thousand dollars @ HTPC News