Kalle
PS: Hey James, i put this time more then 200 TV-Channels as Command and events in VC and EventGhost but it works fine!!!!!
That's good news, but why are you crying? You should be doing this:
For the record, purely as a remote for my pc, my ps3 bluetooth remote is my favourite to use, but you have to recharge the batteries often. I am trying to switch over to only using my Amulet for everything, but it is difficult to make the adjustment, because I could do so many things with my ps3 remote, and it always worked great, even through walls to about 30'
If you don't need blasting capability, and you want to use an open air microphone, then the ps3 remote may be a good choice and if you already have bluetooth it's a real cheap option.
as for the rest of my setup, I'm currently using an asus mobo with geforce 8300 onboard graphics with hdmi. I ran it for a while on an athlon x2, but upgraded to an athlon x4. It uses slightly more power (about 70 watts now instead of 60) but that is still less than my TV ! the nice thing about this mobo is that it has hybrid graphics support, and I have a 9800gt installed that I can turn on when I want to play video games. It is working great but I did have a huge headache originally trying to set the hybrid graphics up. One thing that is also worth buying IMO when setting up an htpc is a power meter, that measures watts at the wall.