New HTPC build. Help needed!!

[lordsphinx]

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping you can help me out on a new home theater PC. I’ve built a few high end gaming rigs, but obviously those have focused more on performance than practicality. I know next to nothing about APUs at all (which is what I think this build should have), so here I am looking for help. Here’s what I’m looking for:

Budget: $1000 USD
Resolution: 1920x1080
Uses: 1080P movies, Netflix, TV, Internet Browsing, very light gaming, etc etc
Country: USA
Parts that can be reused: Nope
Do you need an OS? Yes, Win 7. Do not want 8.1. I’m resistant to change damnit!! Now get off my lawn!!
Peripherals: Yes, but I’ll take care of most of them. Could use recommendation on high end speakers (read: theater quality)

Here are the conditions:
- Needs to be small and inconspicuous. This is going in my living room, so I don’t want something huge/flashy/white/blue/purple… I want a small, simple black case, but enough room to work with
- Modular PSU (small case, don’t want a ton of wires)
- Needs an SSD for quick start-up
- Needs to be as silent as possible. I don’t want to be in the quiet, intense scene of the movie and hear a fan spool up
- Internal TV tuner
- Sound card

I don’t even want to start the build idea, because frankly I don’t even know if I should be going Intel or AMD, Integrated or discrete, etc etc.

Thanks for your help everyone!!

[Cyrops]

On quietness part, the only source of noise would be CPU and PSU fans, the AMD build with PC in a suitcase comes in mind ^_^
If you want to assemble it yourself you are most likely looking at ITX build, but ITX Mobo's seem to have only one expansion slot, which is usually a PCI-E so you can't add a sound card :/
What about a USB sound card?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.15 @ Mwave)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone SG06BB-LITE Mini ITX Desktop Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $472.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-05 01:24 EST-0500)

Sound card something like this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102036

But with 500$ you save, you could go for a DAC
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Audi...s=DacMagic+100