[mythtv-users] About Assembling a MythTV Box

[Stephen Tait]

>
>    Questions:
>    - Do I need a CPU fan for the CPU in the pundit?

Yes.

>    - Are Seagates less noisy than the Maxtor above?

Yes IME. I've always found Maxtor's to be reprehensibly racketty, 
especially doing seeks

>    - Is Celeron 2.0GHz good enough or should I prefer Pentiums?

They'll do at a pinch, and are fine if you don't plan on doing much CPU 
intensive stuff. If you plan on doing lots of transcoding and/or ripping 
CD's/DVD's, you'll get a huge benefit from switching to a pentium.

>    - Any other hardware I need to get for this? I believe a simple remote 
> comes with the Hauppauge.

The simple remote is kinda sucky (I had an even suckier one - the black 
one). I splashed out on a learning universal remote, which has replaced the 
sucky black one (and all my others as well) - highly recommended if you 
don't have one already.