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ExtremeTech’s last Windows XP Media Center PC December 8, 2006

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Looking to build a Windows XP Media Center based PC? Well check out this latest article from ExtremeTech which is their last look at building a system that uses Windows XP Media Center 2005. They’re still not quite ready to recommend using Windows Vista as the base OS for a Media Center PC and we totally agree.

In case you’re wondering what components they ended up using for their final system. Here’s the basic components list:

Silverstone LC20B-M case
Artic Cooling ACF8 fans
Seasonic S-12 600W PSU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition
2 x 1GB Kingston ValuRAM DDR2/800 memory
XFX GeForce 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 HDCP Graphics Card
Power DVD 6.6 Special Edition + NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder
Seagate 7200.10 500GB HDD
Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray drive
AFT Pro-28U media card reader
Auzentech X-Meridian PCI Sound Card
2 - ATI TV Wonder 650 Cards
Logitech DiNovo Edge Keyboard/mouse system
Windows XP Media Center Edition Remote Control

There total system price came out to $3189 - a bit high but it’s future proof for Windows Vista.. except for CableCard support.

Read the rest of the article here. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Still, ExtremeTech’s latest Media Center system is Vista ready in every other way. We look forward to tweaking this configuration, installing Vista and telling you about it in the not-to-distant future.

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