Spec me a £300 HTPC

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My friend has asked me to build him an HTPC and he has about £300 to spend.

He is going to run XBMC on top of Windows 7. He will only be using this as a PVR and a media player so no need to spec something for games. I do need to get a freeview tuner card for him which will nudge the price up. As a positive though I have a full Windows 7 licence I am giving him which will keep that cost down. I want this to be as quiet as possible.
 
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Thnking of something like this :

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Something like this:

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Maybe stick with 2GB of ram rather than 4 to lower the price enough to get the tuner card. Guess you wont want the wireless card the mobo only has 1 PCI slot.
 
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I dont think that case supports miniITX does it?

If you need 2 PCI slots it looks like it might have to be uATX. Going to be more expensive I think.
 
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