Apple 1st Gen streaming to Airport Express Speakers?

I have been browsing the forum for a while looking for a definitive answer, and have not found one, can anyone help with my question please.
I want to buy and run an Apple TV 160gb, sync to my iTunes, upload my music and use it as a server for my iTunes and stream music from it wirelessly to my Airport Express + speakers in the garage/garden and control setup with my remote app on my iphone. I know I can do this from my laptop, but I do not want to leave it running 24/7...
Is this possible? Seems a pretty simple setup, someone must have done this, many conflicting answers on the forum...
Any help would be great, before I hunt down a 1st gen Apple TV and waste my cash...

Thanks for simple answer...
No plans to delete my music from laptop, I just dont want to leave it running all the time and ATV 1 seemed like a cost effective way of possibly streaming my music to remote speakers... something I can leave running 24/7 and not worry about it, its a neat little package.
Time to scour eBay... Thanks again...

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