Windows XP x86 version seems to have very good SATA support. Windows XP 64 bit seems to be a little more selective. I have an Asus M2A-VM motherboard and I'm using a WD SATA Caviar hard drive and the disk did not detect the SATA drive. I have to break out the floppy driver disk to install...
I've had this set since Black Friday last year. I got it for $849 shipped and it was well worth the money. DVD is beautiful over component, and my S-video DirecTivo picture is respectable. If you adjust down the backlight, the black levels are nice. No dead pixels BTW.
I didn't try an overclock on this since it is only a HTPC and I don't plan to game on it. Newegg had a microATX 300W Fortron PS for about $40 if you start having problems on overclock. Inwin typically has conservatively rated PS so you might be OK.
I got the Biostar Gforce 6100 board with an AMD 64 3000+ and the 240W power supply is running fine with a Seagate hard drive, NEC DVD-RW, and a Foxconn PCI wireless card. I still need to pickup an HD Tuner card to interface it with my Westinghouse 32" LCD TV. I was looking at this DVICO HD...
Ecost has the EN-74720A1 Enlight Matx chassis with 200W PS for $28.99 + $5.95 handling + $0 ground shipping = $34.94 total. Good deal on a high quality case for HTPC.
Enlight Chassis
I added another way to get to the site in the intro message. You can search on number 279585 from the http://www.ebuyer.com main site. I have ordered from them before, so I probably have a cookie that is in play.
I picked this up for $850 shipped at Crutchfield on Black Friday. Really nice LCD. The picture on DVDs with component video is sweet, and the S-video SD picture from DirecTV is excellent to decent, depending on the programming. I don't have a HD source to check iout the DVI, but I'll let you...
Ebuyer has an Inwin MicroATX Chassis with 240W power supply for $29.99 shipped, today only. They appear to have 500 in stock.Inwin MicroATX
I've used the vendor before and had no issues with them. Inwin makes some good quality cases.
Search on 279585 on Ebuyer if the above link doesn't work...
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