Slowly but surely, the pieces have been coming together for my home theater PC (a.k.a. HTPC). About a month ago, I bought the case linked below, the Silverstone LC-14M along with the Seasonic S12 power supply. A couple weeks ago, I ordered a sound card to go in my main system and my X-Fi will be moved over to the HTPC. And yesterday, I ordered a Plextor 716-SA DVD+-RW DL from Newegg and then stopped by Microcenter to pick up a hard drive.

While I could have found a larger drive cheaper somewhere other than Microcenter, I was able to get a Samsung Spinpoint P80 with a Nidec motor which is rated by Silent PC Review.com as the "best" quiet drive. When combined with the Seasonic S12, one of the most highly regarded quiet PSU's, the HTPC should be near silent.

Of course, that's "near" as it will give off noise - especially when in heavy use, but it will be inaudible and the other two computers in my room will be the main noisemakers (though if the Seasonic S12 is as quiet as advertised, I'll probably buy 2 more of them to replace the power supplies in my two current computers.

So now, I've got the case, power supply, hard drive and sound card. Up next - the guts. The guts are coming from my current computer - an AMD Athlon 3700 on an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium with an eVGA 6800 video card and 2 GB of RAM. And my current computer will be upgraded - placing the order later tonight to:

AMD Opteron 175 (Dual Core 2.2GHz, 1MB cache per core)
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard
Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Cooler
2 GB OCZ Platinum RAM
eVGA (or BFG) 7800 GT video card with Dual-DVI

URL: silverstonetek.com.products lc14M

It's been a while, but the movie game has continued:

Patriot Games (Richard Harris and T.B.D.)
Gladiator (Tommy Flanagan and Richard Harris)
The Saint (Val Kilmer and Tommy Flanagan)
Top Gun (Michael Ironside and Val Kilmer) [70]
Starship Troopers (Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Ironside)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (John Cho and Neil Patrick Harris)
American Pie 2 (Casey Affleck and John Cho)
American Pie (Jason Biggs and Casey Affleck)
Jersey Girl (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Jason Biggs)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith)
Dogma (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith)
Chasing Amy (Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes)
Mallrats (Jason Lee and Brian O'Halloran)
Enemy of the State (Alexandra Balahoutis and Jason Lee) [60]
National Treasure (Don McManus and Alexandra Balahoutis)
Hannibal (Frankie Faison and Don McManus)
Silence of the Lambs (Anthony Heald and Frankie Faison)
Red Dragon (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anthony Heald)
Almost Famous (Rainn Wilson and Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Galaxy Quest (Jeremy Howard and Rainn Wilson)
Men in Black II (Brad Abrell and Jeremy Howard)
Men in Black (Will Smith and Brad Abrell)
I, Robot (Simon Baker and Will Smith)
Shanghai Noon (Lucy Liu and Simon Baker) [50]
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Chia Hui Liu and Lucy Liu)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Michael Bowen and Chia Hui Liu)
Jackie Brown (Laura Lovelace and Michael Bowen)
Pulp Fiction (Linda Kaye and Laura Lovelace)
Reservoir Dogs (Steve Buscemi and Linda Kaye)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Keith David and Steve Buscemi)
The Replacements (Faizon Love and Keith David)
Blue Crush (Michelle Rodriguez and Faizon Love)
S.W.A.T. (Benjamin King and Michelle Rodriguez)
Lethal Weapon 4 (John Harms and Benjamin King) [40]
Lethal Weapon 3 (Marian Collier and John Harms)
Lethal Weapon 2 (Patrick Cameron and Marian Collier)
Lethal Weapon (Paul Tuerpe and Patrick Cameron)
Maverick (Stephen Liska and Paul Tuerpe)
Conspiracy Theory (Christo Morse and Stephen Liska)
Hackers (Wendell Pierce and Christo Morse)
Ray (Rick Gomez and Wendell Pierce)
Three to Tango (John C. McGinley and Rick Gomez)
Se7en (Lennie Loftin and John C. McGinley)
The Sum of All Fears (Stefan Kalipha and Lennie Loftin) [30]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Pat Roach and Stefan Kalipha)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Frank Marshall and Pat Roach)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Alfred Molina and Frank Marshall)
Ladyhawke (Ken Hutchison and Alfred Molina)
Straw Dogs (Dustin Hoffman and Ken Hutchison)
Rain Man (Ray Baker and Dustin Hoffman)
Without a Paddle (Bruce Phillips and Ray Baker)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Stephen Ure and Bruce Phillips)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Katie Jackson and Stephen Ure)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Viggo Mortensen and Katie Jackson) [20]
Crimson Tide (Gene Hackman and Viggo Mortensen)
Superman IV (Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman)
Superman III (Jackie Cooper and Christopher Reeve)
Superman II (Ned Beatty and Jackie Cooper)
Superman (Robert O'Neill and Ned Beatty)
Twelve Monkeys (Bruce Willis and Robert O'Neill)
Mercury Rising (Chi McBride and Bruce Willis)
The Terminal (John Williams and Chi McBride)
Star Wars: Episode VI (Anthony Daniels and John Williams))
Star Wars: Episode V (Peter Mayhew and Anthony Daniels) [10]
Star Wars: Episode IV (James Earl Jones and Peter Mayhew)
The Hunt For Red October (Stellan Skarsgård and James Earl Jones)
Ronin (Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgård)
Godzilla (1998) (Ben Bode and Jean Reno)
Empire Records (Liv Tyler and Ben Bode)
Armageddon (Owen Wilson and Liv Tyler)
Permanent Midnight (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson)
Keeping the Faith (Edward Norton and Ben Stiller)
Rounders (Edward Norton - Starting Film)

URL: Gladiator (2000)

DVD #1,000

URL: The Cineplex - Blake's DVDs