[mythtv-users] What would be the best route to go?
Mark Dobossy
mdobossy at Princeton.EDU
Tue Sep 16 22:50:42 EDT 2003
First off, I am new to the list, and MythTV. After seeing the site,
and drooling over it for several weeks, I think I am ready to make the
plunge. I have spec'd out a few boxes, and have narrowed it down to
two possibilities:
I currently have an Athlon 1.1ghz, w/512mb RAM. This machine is my
internet gateway for the house, as well as my web/database server. I
also do quite a bit of computing for my grad school research, and I use
this machine to do some processing. This machine is running Mandrake
9.0.
I am also planning on purchasing a new computer- something much more up
to date, to set up a HTPC system with. The way I see it, I have 2
choices-
1) Leave the current router/server as is, and make no changes to it.
Then, get a modest system for MythTV- say an Athlon XP 2400, 512mb ram,
160gb hard drive, Win-PVR-250 tuner, GF4MX440 64 meg video card, and
wrap it up with a DVD drive, in a nice looking case. Then just put this
machine in the HT, and have it be a stand-alone unit.
2) Purchase a more powerful system- say a P4 2.8, 1gb RAM, 160gb HD,
etc.. As well as the PVR-250. Replace the current router/web server
(trust me, this thing isnt under a huge load or anything) with the new
P4 system. This system would then also be the MythTV backend- have the
tuner card, and be interfaced with the DirecTV reciever. I could then
take the weaker Athlon system, and turn it into the slave machine,
running the MythTV frontend, and have it hooked up to the HT. This way,
I figure I could use some of the computing power of the P4 2.8 when
necessary, and also have a HTPC setup.
I suppose I could also do option 1, with the P4 2.8, but that seems WAY
overkill for a stand-alone PVR system.
Any thoughts on which route would be better?
-Mark Dobossy
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