hello

[martymcfly]

I'm new to this site, i came here to learn to build a pc, i have no experience at in doing this but i'm ready to learn.
I want to build a computer for watching television shows online, for instance from fancast and hulu, also i would like to record some shows from cable tv, and do a little bit of gaming.
I was going to use my tv for a monitor, as i have already had my notebook hooked up to it, my budget is 500-900$. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[glc]

Here's a $600 system - just add peripherals and an operating system.

Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

Newegg.com - ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I3540

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive

Newegg.com - HIS H577FK1GD Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM is about $100 and a keyboard/mouse combo is about $50. A good TV tuner card should still keep you under $900.