[3.0charlie]

So, the final tally:

Board: Newegg.ca - Foxconn H67S LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Chip: Newegg.ca - Intel Celeron G550 Sandy Bridge 2.6GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80623G550
Case: Newegg.ca - APEX MI-008 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 250W Power Supply
Tuner: Newegg.ca - Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1850 MC-Kit FM radio and MCE remote PCI-E x1
Ram: whatever I have on hand, which is way too much.
DVD: Newegg.ca - LG 24X DVD Burner - Bare Drive 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH24NS95 - CD / DVD Burners
Router: Newegg.ca - NETGEAR WNR2000-100NAS Wireless-N Router IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0
Amp: https://www.springwateraudio.com/sto...products_id=51

Total: 516$ shipped. Not bad. I have Win8 from my Technet account. That should cover everything.

edit: oh well, already found cheaper case, router, DVD-ROM...