[antimonkeybeave]

First, sorry for all the posts changing my mind. What is the best way to end up with a machine that works well with XBMC? I only have about $307 to spend. I can't buy anything off ebay used. I need to have it connect to wifi and stream movies from another pc on the network. Running hulu would be a bonus I have a 2.5 inch hard drive and two 512mb ram modules from an old dell vostro 1000 I had. I also have the wifi PCIe mini card from it but I don't know how hard that would be to set up. I'm willing to do some work on a setup but I am having trouble figuring out what I could use for a setup like this.

[Hannes The Hun]

sounds like a foxconn barebone netbox nt330i

granted, it's only silent if you leave the case open but else than that, perfect

[poofyhairguy]

Absolute cheapest option will be a Micro ATX build for a while to come.

[Audible101]

I just built my htpc for around 320 with ssd. I used the Zotac Ion board..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B...dition=new $125 with shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820104007 $45

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H0B...-1&seller= $40

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820233122 $70 with mail in

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6880121002 $27

thats total $307..all u need is a DVD rom i found one for 20..u could ditch ssd and get a seagate for like $30 but i got SSD and it really makes the biggest impact