[mythtv-users] Building a myth box, wanna look over my components?
Derek Gathright
drgath at gmail.com
Wed Dec 15 01:17:01 UTC 2004
Case: Cooler Master Cavalier 2 Black ATX Desktop Case With Analog Dial
& 300W Power Supply,
$105
Motherboard: ASUS "A7N8X-E Deluxe" nForce2 Ultra 400
(Soundstorm right?)
$89
Video: Rosewill nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Video Card
$52.50
Processor: AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+
$95
Ram: 1x512 Mushkin basic green 2700
Tuner: PVR250MCE (Where should I buy this from? Newegg and ZZF are
out. And isn't there problems with some newer retail versions?).
Thinking about a PVR500MCE. How's the support under myth? (I'll
probably go look this up myself)
Hard Drive - ~200-250 gb (I find one on rebate)
Total = ~$600
Not a complete Myth noob. Got an HD3000 box working last month, but
the NTSC sucked so bad I ditched that idea until I research what ATSC
signals I can get either OTA or unencrypted cable. So anyways... for
a remote, I'll use either a Remote Wonder I or II that I have lying
around.
Anyone have any reccomendations on hardware? A64 processors are
almost so cheap right now I might go with one of those, throw a 2800+
in there and it would add on about $30, but I'd lose Soundstorm, but
then again... I'd gain 64 support for future use.
Any tips would be helpful. Thanks.
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