I want to upgrade my media PC to something that has hdmi ports natively and something that can decode freeview hd with ease. I'm looking at getting http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2758 (found it in that other post and man that rocks). Now the most intensive thing that this pc will be doing is decoding hd freeview, so what cpu would you guys recommend that I get (keep in mind that the onboard gfx card on this board takes a bit of the load off the cpu). Currently I'm looking at a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+, which is clocked at dual core 2.8GHz. I will be running 1 gig of ddr2 667 ram.
Firstly is this cpu fast enough/to fast for what I want to do?
Secondly Which is the favourity DVB-T card (bang for buck wise) that most people are using. I don't require a remote or anything as I already have a mce2005 remote kit.
Any help greatly appreciated :)