idea. Use a pair of 7800s to raise the bar on high-end games, and really put yourself into the action. Go ahead, get yourself (or someone on your wish list, if you've got the bankroll) one or two eVGA GeForce 7800 GT CO cards from. (MSRP $469) ...

of, and is an excellent choice for HTPC builds. eVGA GeForce 6600 256 MB TV-out/DVI/HDTV PCI-E Heatsink Edition Internet eVGA Pricing $140 Interface PCI Express x16 GPU Nvidia Geforce 6600 Video RAM 256...

• -Test Build 1: Living Room-Ready And User-Friendly

builds - namely, the Silverstone LaScala 14M, which left enough room for our 7600 video card along with both TV capture/playback cards. Here again, we couldn't fit the 8800 at our disposal (an eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB) into the machine with enough room...

2x 1024 MB DDR2-1066 (CL 5.0-5-5-15) Hard Drives 2x Samsung Spinpoint SP2004C, Firmware xxx, 200 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300 Graphics eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB System Software & Drivers OS Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition 2005...

• -Components Table
• -Each Component Considered, Continued

64 X2 AM2 processor (3.0 GHz, 90 nm, 2 MB L2 cache) ($229) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (retail: $99) Hard Drives 2 Samsung Spinpoint SP2004C, 200 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300 (retail: $55 each; $110 total) Graphics eVGA...