Hey, I'm looking to build my first media centre. I'm trying to make it reasonably cheap and will look to upgrade in the future.
Currently im thinking:
CPU: Core2Duo E7400 2.8ghz
GFX: Spare 7800GTX i have around
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L mATX
RAM: 4GB SuperTalent DDR2
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar GreenPower
They are the core components, it will basiclly serve HD content to my tv and im curious as to whether it could easily handle 1080p videos. From what i could find there was mixed reports on if the 7800GTX(non-512mb version) could hardware decode H.264 and if so would the processor be able to software decode it fine?
Also i will eventually buy a blu-ray drive, will i also need other components to accomodate this or will the current build suffice?
Thanks for any help!