System (HTPC4)

• ZOTAC H55-ITX motherboard [H55ITX-C-E]
• Intel Core i3-550 CPU [i3-550]
  
• 4GB (1x4GB) Generic DDR3 RAM 
• Drives:
  
• 32GB Supertalent 2.5in MLC SATA SSD (OS drive) [FTM32GX25H]
  
• 500GB Western Digital Scorpio 2.5in 5400rpm SATA HDD (TV recording drive) [WD5000BEVT]
• 1TB Western Digital Scorpio 2.5in 5200rpm SATA HDD (Media Drive) [WD10TPVT]
• DVD-RW slim SATA of unknown provenance
  
• Onboard Wired LAN & WirelessN
  
• Silverstone SG05 case (black) [SG05]
• Pico PSU-120W power supply [PICOPSU-120]
  

TV, Tuners & Remote

• DigitalNow Quad DVB-T PCIe (4 tuners total) [QUAD]
  
• Logitech Harmony 525 universal IR remote [HARMONY525]
  
• Microsoft MCE USB IR receiver
  
• Sony Bravia 40" XBR45 LCD TV [KDL-40XBR45]

Software

• Windows 7 Professional Media Centre, with following hacks:
• Turn off MHEG (fixes liveTV rewind/skip back black screen) [registry hack]
• Tuner Source fix for Aust. DVB-T (fixes periodic picture quality issues) [workaround]
  
• Microsoft Built-in Video/Audio Codecs
• Intel HD Graphics & HDMI audio drivers
  
• BigScreen EPG, data sourced from IceTV
• MyMovies 3 (acting as client to MyMovies for WHS Server) [MYMOVIES]

Build Notes

• CPU running with stock fan
  
• 120mm case fan form the SG05 running about ~1/2 speed
• 300W PSU supplied with the SG05 has been removed from case
• All three HDD mounted using PCI Bracket [WES-OO44]

• HDMI connection used for both Video & Audio (stereo from TV speakers)
• TV running 1080p @ 59.94 Hz