[mythtv-users] About Assembling a MythTV Box

[Abhi]

Thanks Stephen.

- Any recommendations for CPU fans for the ASUS pundit with pentium.
- Any recommendations for universal remotes.


Thanks
- Abhi


--On Tuesday, August 03, 2004 5:20 PM +0100 Stephen Tait 
<tait at digitallaw.co.uk> wrote:

>
>>
>>    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.

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Hi,
    I am a newbie, trying to put together a MythTV box.
    Any input/advise would be great.

    Here's the configuration I am ordering:

    Asus Pundit HT-READY P4 Mini Barebone System Retail
        zipzoomfly.com $150

    Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 350 - Input Adapter
        buy.com $166

    CPU: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz

    RAM: 512MB DDR-333 (PC-2700)

    Hard Drive: 7200rpm ATA/133 200GB Maxtor

    DVD Drive:

    Questions:
    - Do I need a CPU fan for the CPU in the pundit?
    - Are Seagates less noisy than the Maxtor above?
    - Is Celeron 2.0GHz good enough or should I prefer Pentiums?
    - Any other hardware I need to get for this? I believe a simple remote 
comes with the Hauppauge.

    Thanks
    - Abhi