[mythtv-users] Taking the MythTV plunge

[Paul Woodward]

If you're using a SFF then you're not going to have multiple tuners and in that
case you're not going to be processing lots of streams at once. I'd advise to
get a slower, cooler processor (cool and silent is important), less memory and
spend the savings on some big-ass disks. Once you get addicted to your mythbox
you'll certainly need it. I think I have about 0.5Tb now :)

Paul


Quoting Ed Benckert <ed at ebonmists.com>:

> 
> 
> Roman Romaniuk wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I'm about to take the MythTV plunge. Current plan is to use a MSI Mega 
> > PC 180 w/ a AMD 3K XP processor, 1G Ram and 120G hard disk local to the 
> > PC. Additional storage will be provided by a file server.
> 
> Such a monstrous CPU is wholly unnecessary, as is the 1gb of ram. Myth is 
> pretty lean, with so much processing being done via hardware, the CPU stays 
> pretty low. I've got 256mb in my myth box and I dont use it all.
> 
>