HTPC Upgrade

So I got the go ahead to purchase the parts I need to upgrade our home theatre pc.  I decided to go with upgrade option 1.  I had to make a slight adjustment as the 2.2ghz core 2 duo was out of stock.  I went with the 2.4ghz core 2 duo and it actually cost a $1.00 less.  Total cost for the items including S/H was $369.30 but with a $10.00 mail-in rebate (I hate doing these) I kept within my budget.

In case you are wondering my HTPC is on 24/7 and has been running just short of 5 years.  In that time I have only had to replace the power supply.  I added a few of items along the way, an additional 500gb SATA drive, upgraded the stock CPU cooler to one with large copper heatpipes and larger fan which was much more quiet and added the WinTV-PVR-500.  I have the ability to record three simultaneous SD (standard definition) programs and watch a fourth live if I wanted.  Since getting my HD-PVR cable boxes I really only record one station at a time for use on my iPod. This unit also serves as our jukebox holding our entire collection of music plus is my MAME (multiple arcade machine emulator) rig which when I plug in my custom built authentic arcade control panel (buttons, joysticks, trackball etc.) allows us to play over 5,000 classic arcade games like PacMan, Galaga, Centipede and Donkey Kong.

I will post pictures of the equipment along with how this upgrades goes. I don't anticipate to many issues other than the OS and if it will recognize all the new stuff enough to boot or if I'm going to have to wipe and reinstall.