Well I think I've narrowed down the following list for my HTPC.

Case: Ahanix D4


Gigabyte Motherboard GA-K8NF-9


Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D-SP Nvidia 6600GT Passive Cooled


CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Memory


AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor E6 (very overclockable)


WD Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive (for O/S)




M80s VP180 4xM22ow 4xM3ic EP600 2xEP350
AnthemAVM60 Outlaw7700 EmoA500 Epson5040UB FluanceRT85