The rest...

As far as HardDrive(s), DVD drive, ram, and sound go, It’s pretty straight forward.

I’ll start off with a 250-300G HD. I usually go with Seagate Barracuda’s, but I might see what other brands are a bit quieter...

I’ll probably go with a Liteon DVD read/writer... but I’ll put the new one in my desktop PC, and chuck my old one in the HTPC as I don’t need burning capabilities in the loungeroom... Although, I have to check what the deal is with the case I want and whether it needs a slimline drive…

I’m going to wait and see how the onboard sound is before I think about a soundcard, as we’ve only got it going through a crappy little stereo system anyway.

A gig of ram should do it.