Looking to build your own Windows Media Center PC? While there are plenty of step-by-step tutorials, our favorite has to be the one at ExtremeTech.com. This 11 page tutorial shows you how to build a system based on Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and is broken down by these pages:

• Introduction
• Choosing the Case
• Graphics and Video
• Audio
• Storage
• Installation and Setup: Hardware
• Windows XP MCE 2005 Installation and Setup
• Making the Connection
• Configuring Windows Media Center Edition 2005
• Calibrating the Display
• Be a Couch Potato

Th other nice part of the tutorial is that is gives you some options like:

Usually, when we spec out a configuration, we try to develop a single, recommended configuration for a particular purpose. However, we took a slightly different approach here, and offer several alternatives. The core components are all the same, but the cases and power supplies differ to suit different users and needs. Still, it took us some time to build and integrate the system. The main issue revolved around the ongoing technology transition. As the industry shifts to PCI Express and other new technologies, some older and current devices won't work as effectively with the latest technology. We'll offer workarounds to these issues.

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