I am looking to build a new computer to put at the center of my living room. Instead of building another tower PC, I'd like to build a PC using one of those media center cases, shaped like a receiver ...

Since this particular HTPC is designed to connect to your clients' already-existing home theater system, there&'s no need to spec out speakers, video displays, receivers/amplifiers, or input devices ...

After struggling with Atom based HTPC machines like the Lenovo Q180 and Acer Revo, and getting really what can only be described as sub-par results, I fell back to my old mainstay, an old Dell ...