I agree with whats been said here. Esp on the Creative card. Out of principle I refuse to EVER give money to that company again (SB Live! debacle). Anyway sounds like you are already doing the things you want on that PC. I think thats the beuty of a HTPC is it can do the things YOU want it to. I haven't kept up on it lately but I know there are some good HTPC front ends out there. Basically would run a GUI/Menu for ya to more easily play music, watch videos etc that you have on the PC. Might even interface a remote control to do basic tasks vs having to keep a keyboard/mouse around all the time.
