Looking to build my first home theater pc for HD movie playback and music. Need recommendations on components.

Already picked up a case which can handle any size motherboard. I want to have at least 6 Sata connectors in case I need to add more HDDs later on. Need a recommendation for a motherboard.

Is it better to have built in RAID on a motherboard or a separate hardware controller? I plan on starting out with 3 HDDs and may add more later.

What is the best way to send decoded HD audio to my receiver (sound card?, motherboard?)

Which graphics card to send HD video through HDMI to my tv?

Any build suggestions would be appreciated.

9/3/2008 11:30:00 AM

looking at this motherboard at the moment:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157130

9/3/2008 11:57:25 AM

try searching

9/3/2008 12:03:06 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=3&searchstring=htpc&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

I haven't seen tons of good advice come through tech talk. There are probably better websites out there for this kind of info.

9/3/2008 12:19:56 PM

whoops sorry for not searching. lock/delete thanks

9/3/2008 12:35:23 PM