Build a Windows Media Center PC Yourself

[Filip Norrgard]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1741030,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1741030,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"In the past year, a number of interesting, pre-configured "media PCs" have arrived on the scene. The boutique PC makers, such as VoodooPC with its Voodoo Vibe and Alienware's DHS series, offer examples of the craft. But even mainstream PC manufacturers have jumped on the bandwagon—Sony with its VAIO RA-810G and HP with its Digital Entertainment Center. All of them are certainly fine products in their own right, but it seemed to us that we could build something equivalent, or maybe even a little better."</i><br /><br />If you are considering building a Windows Media Center yourself, then this article from ExtremeTech is a great start. They take up issues such as where to get Windows Media Center Edition and the hardware choices to make (or choose from).