Build a PVR

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Has anyone built their own PVR? I'm about to start piecing together my own. Here's what it will have:
Athlon 1.2GHz
MSI mobo
512 PC2100 RAM
120GB HD
Hauppauge PVR-150
Coolermaster case
GeForce2 video card (for the TV out only)

The best part is I only have to get the case and tuner card, everything else I'm piecing together from older PCs and getting from friends.

My questions for anyone who has done their own:
What software setup do you use?
What tuner card(s) do you use?
What case do you use if you have it in an entertainment center?
What video card, if any do you use or recommend?
I didn't think I would need anything that powerful since all it's doing is converting the video signal into the right format to display on the TV.

And generally what are your experiences with them?

I'm probably going to start off using Windows with GBPVR since that seems easy to setup and use. Maybe once I'm confident that all the hardware will play nice with each other, I'll try KnoppMyth. I'm not that confident with my Linux abilities and don't want to deal with all the stuff Linux puts you through, although I've heard KnoppMyth is very easy.