A complete newbie here looking for sane advice!

[mosherben]

as do I

[AGxM]

Ok

Here is what I think may be the one:

2 x 80mm Sharkoon 2000 "Golf Ball" Quiet 17.8 dB(A) Case Fan - 22.7 CFM
NEC AD-7170S-0S 18x DVD±RW/RAM silver internal SATA oem
AKASA AK-FC-06-SL Silver 3.5" Fan Controller
1 x Silverstone FN91 92mm Low Noise Case Fan 2100rpm
400 Gb Samsung HD400LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ
SilverStone LC20S Desktop chassis in silver w/o PSU
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12
Abit NF-M2 nView, NF430, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core, Dual Core 2GHz, 2x 512KB Cache, Energy Efficient Retail
Compro VideoMate T750 PCI Dual DVB-T + Analogue TV Tuner FM/AM
430w Seasonic S12-430 aPFC PSU Silent ATX2.0 *New Version RoHS

or overall?

[menthel]

Looks good!

[scrandman]

Should be nice & cool & also quiet with the fans on the lowest setting. Enjoy it.

[Biscuit]

One other point b4 u go and buy... on another post which i made about htpcs i was told to avoid compro cards as they choke with poor reception. Have a look at the equivelent hauppage ones.

[BlindMelon7]

My xcilo is totaly silent. I can barely hear it when my fans are off.

[staffsMike]

im happy with that

one passing thought is...the golf ball fans...someone on here said they were not as quiet as they claim but its only a few quid...find out and let us know

akasa amber fans are my weapons of choice.

[scrandman]

Xclio PSUs are made by the same mob who used to make Antec's PSUs (Channel Well Technology). There are mixed reports on reliability of these Antecs from good (earlier units) to garbage (newer units).

Antec have been using Seasonic for their most recent NeoHE series PSUs. Other than the fact that the rev 1 was incompatible with ASUS socket 939 mobos, these seem to be pretty good.

As for reliabilty of the Xclio (CWT) PSUs, I haven't got a clue. All I can say is that the Xclio case I got last year was a bit cheap & nasty and very bling on the front panel.

As for the Sharkoon fans - I've got a 2000rpm 120mm fan. It was very noisy at 2000rpm, but is acceptably quiet at 1000rpm (5V).

PS. I use a Seasonic S12 430W myself - good stable power and quiet too (fan rarely goes above 700rpm)

[AGxM]

Funnily I chose the Compro card based on the review on the Hexus site

So is this a more tried and tested option?

[Biscuit]

im happy with that

one passing thought is...the golf ball fans...someone on here said they were not as quiet as they claim but its only a few quid...find out and let us know

akasa amber fans are my weapons of choice.

i didnt say they are not as quiet i said they do bugger all the 1000 ones dont move enough air to be worthwhile.

[Biscuit]

Funnily I chose the Compro card based on the review on the Hexus site

So is this a more tried and tested option?

Any reason for both analogue & digital? only i was told to just go for one or the other...