Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
essential imo, as is XP Pro rather than V****a.
Unless you are building an HTPC or media station unfortunately, then Vista becomes essential.

I am still using XP Pro on my laptop though.

Waiting for my blu-ray drive to arrive then I will do a photo thread of my HTPC assembly.

Looks like I will be going for the 780g AMD chipset and an Athlon X2 Processor at the moment.

I will seek advice on the net and from Jedi overclock in Panthip before committing.