Advice Please - HTPC setup ideas?

[davethechamp]

Greetings!
I want to get rid of my 14" portable TV, DVD player and Hi Fi and replace these with my PC. At the moment I have the TV sound going through the Hifi so I get reasonable stereo sound with a good bass etc. I want to re-create this with the pc.
This will allow me to use the PC as: mp3 player, cd player, TV, DVD player, radio and alarm clock. (and as a PC) Would I be able to plug my VCR into a TV card?

The PC spec:
AMD opteron 165 (2200MHz)
2 x 512 Geil DDR
Asrock dual Sata2
BFG 6600GT
seasonic PSU
DVD player
CDRW

These Items I have which I think will help:
New 160GB Sata2 Hard drive
19" Benq FP91G+ tft monitor

So the questions is, what do you guys reccomend (speakers, TV card, etc)for me to fullfill this project.?
I'm always on a tight budget, though nothing specific for this. Just generally trying to keep costs down!

Cheers.

Dave

How about this TV card? - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=196755

[vaxen]

Why not get bigger HDD? currently the most bang for buck size is around 250-320GB models. The samsung drives are good price for its performance.

[davethechamp]

I've already got the 160 to add to the 80GB. Should do the job I think?

Any one with ideas about what sort of speakers to get??

Dave